Bug 2550652 (CVE-2026-79611) - CVE-2026-79611 xen: xen: Denial of Service of guest virtual machines via VM entry failure
Summary: CVE-2026-79611 xen: xen: Denial of Service of guest virtual machines via VM e...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-79611
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2559194
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Reported: 2026-10-13 15:53 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-22 17:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-13 15:53:15 UTC
For XSA-308 logic was introduced, as VMX VMEntry checks do not like the
exact combination of state which occurs when #DB in intercepted, Single
Stepping is active, and blocked by STI/MovSS is active, despite this being
a legitimate state to be in.  The resulting VMEntry failure is fatal to
the guest.

Sadly there is another special sub-case of the above, with branch tracing
enabled.  In that case the prior adjustment would still cause a VMentry
failure, as before fatal to the guest.


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