Bug 2529852 - CVE-2026-79603 xen: Xen: PV guests can modify scrubbed memory pages due to stale TLB entries [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-79603 xen: Xen: PV guests can modify scrubbed memory pages due to st...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xen
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Young
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["99a97718-04ae-48ca-8fc2-c...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-79603
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Reported: 2026-09-08 14:53 UTC by Vladimir Vasilev
Modified: 2026-10-03 01:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: xen-4.21.2-2.fc44 xen-4.20.4-2.fc43
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-10-03 01:10:00 UTC
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Description Vladimir Vasilev 2026-09-08 14:53:06 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

x86 PV guests can free memory pages while still keeping a stale TLB entry
pointing to them.  A TLB flush is only issued by Xen (if needed) when the
page is re-used.  Since it's possible for the page to be scrubbed ahead of
the TLB flush, there's a window where a PV guest can modify an already
scrubbed page.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-09-16 21:28:50 UTC
FEDORA-2026-1d448c1d40 (xen-4.21.2-2.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-1d448c1d40

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-09-17 18:14:47 UTC
FEDORA-2026-1d448c1d40 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-1d448c1d40`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-1d448c1d40

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-09-17 20:19:16 UTC
FEDORA-2026-a9ea805bc1 (xen-4.20.4-2.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a9ea805bc1

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-09-18 01:34:53 UTC
FEDORA-2026-a9ea805bc1 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-a9ea805bc1`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a9ea805bc1

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-10-03 01:10:00 UTC
FEDORA-2026-1d448c1d40 (xen-4.21.2-2.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-10-03 01:34:04 UTC
FEDORA-2026-a9ea805bc1 (xen-4.20.4-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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