HIGHCVE-2026-23554Published Modified CNA XEN
CVE-2026-23554: Use after free of paging structures in EPT
The Intel EPT paging code uses an optimization to defer flushing of any cached EPT state until the p2m lock is dropped, so that multiple modifications done under the same locked region only issue a single flush. Freeing of paging structures however is not deferred until the flushing is done, and can result in freed pages transiently being present in cached state. Such stale entries can point to memory ranges not owned by the guest, thus allowing access to unintended memory regions.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- —
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- Xen / Xen
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HReferences