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Qemu-kvm: heap off-by-one in kvm xen physdevop_map_pirq

Type: advisorySources: OSV

An off-by-one error was found in QEMU's KVM Xen guest support. A malicious guest could use this flaw to trigger out-of-bounds heap accesses in the QEMU process via the emulated Xen physdev hypercall interface, leading to a denial of service or potential memory corruption.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-0665
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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3 Nov 2026, 04:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Qemu-kvm: heap off-by-one in kvm xen physdevop_map_pirq

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Feb 2026, 20:50 UTC

An off-by-one error was found in QEMU's KVM Xen guest support. A malicious guest could use this flaw to trigger out-of-bounds heap accesses in the QEMU process via the emulated Xen physdev hypercall interface, leading to a denial of service or potential memory corruption.

osv:CVE-2026-0665
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "An off-by-one error was found in QEMU's KVM Xen guest support. A malicious guest could use this flaw to trigger out-of-bounds heap accesses in the QEMU process via the emulated Xen physdev hypercall interface, leading to a denial of service or potential memory corruption.",
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