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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42327

x86: unintended memory sharing between guests On Intel systems that support the "virtualize APIC accesses" feature, a guest can read and write the global shared xAPIC page by moving the local APIC out of xAPIC mode. Access to this shared page bypasses the expected isolation that should exist between two guests.

Products
xen
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-42327
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 15:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42327

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Nov 2022, 13:15 UTC

x86: unintended memory sharing between guests On Intel systems that support the "virtualize APIC accesses" feature, a guest can read and write the global shared xAPIC page by moving the local APIC out of xAPIC mode. Access to this shared page bypasses the expected isolation that should exist between two guests.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42327

xen

Fixed versions: 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1

xen

Fixed versions: 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1

xen

Fixed versions: 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1

Complete source record
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