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CVE-2026-62432

evtchn: Race between FIFO expand and reset

7.3 HighFix available

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.24%Unchanged since Jul 29, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.3

evtchn: Race between FIFO expand and reset

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Record
CVE-2026-62432
CVSS 3.1
7.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-49785 7.3

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Record
EUVD-2026-49785
CVSS 3.1
7.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-92f9-q54w-fxm8 7.3

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but...

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Record
GHSA-92f9-q54w-fxm8
CVSS 3.1
7.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.3

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Record
CVE-2026-62432
CVSS 3.1
7.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2026-62432 7.3

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2026-62432
CVSS 3.1
7.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-62432 7.3

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-62432
CVSS 3.1
7.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-62432 7.3

The EVTCHNOP_expand_array hypercall checks for whether FIFO event channels are enabled, but without holding the correct lock. It can race with EVTCHNOP_reset, resulting in dereferencing a NULL pointer.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62432
CVSS 3.1
7.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11441-1 No score

xen-4.22.0_02-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the xen-4.22.0_02-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11441-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:3409-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-42493: x86 shadow paging is deprecated (bsc#1271528).
  • CVE-2026-42494,CVE-2026-42495,CVE-2026-62423,CVE-2026-62424,CVE-2026-62425: buffer overruns in libfsimage iso9660 handling (bsc#1271530).
  • CVE-2026-62426,CVE-2026-62427: sysctl and platform-op locks open to abuse (bsc#1271531).
  • CVE-2026-62428: grant-table: type confusion in grant-copy (bsc#1271532).
  • CVE-2026-62429: vNUMA domain cleanup may race other operations (bsc#1271534).
  • CVE-2026-62430: x86: Out-of-bounds read in vRTC emulation (bsc#1271535).
  • CVE-2026-62431: Viridian STIMER division by zero (bsc#1271536).
  • CVE-2026-62432: evtchn: Race between FIFO expand and reset (bsc#1271537).
  • CVE-2026-62433: correct buffer checks for DM_OP hypercalls (bsc#1271538).
  • CVE-2026-62434: PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages (bsc#1271539).
  • pygrub is only supported in de-privileged mode (XSA-508) (bsc#1271947).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:3409-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:3423-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-42493: x86 shadow paging is deprecated (bsc#1271528).
  • CVE-2026-42494,CVE-2026-42495,CVE-2026-62423,CVE-2026-62424,CVE-2026-62425: buffer overruns in libfsimage iso9660 handling (bsc#1271530).
  • CVE-2026-62426,CVE-2026-62427: sysctl and platform-op locks open to abuse (bsc#1271531).
  • CVE-2026-62428: grant-table: type confusion in grant-copy (bsc#1271532).
  • CVE-2026-62429: vNUMA domain cleanup may race other operations (bsc#1271534).
  • CVE-2026-62430: x86: Out-of-bounds read in vRTC emulation (bsc#1271535).
  • CVE-2026-62431: Viridian STIMER division by zero (bsc#1271536).
  • CVE-2026-62432: evtchn: Race between FIFO expand and reset (bsc#1271537).
  • CVE-2026-62433: correct buffer checks for DM_OP hypercalls (bsc#1271538).
  • CVE-2026-62434: PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages (bsc#1271539).
  • pygrub is only supported in de-privileged mode (XSA-508) (bsc#1271947).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:3423-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:3451-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-42493: x86 shadow paging is deprecated (bsc#1271528).
  • CVE-2026-42494,CVE-2026-42495,CVE-2026-62423,CVE-2026-62424,CVE-2026-62425: buffer overruns in libfsimage iso9660 handling (bsc#1271530).
  • CVE-2026-62426,CVE-2026-62427: sysctl and platform-op locks open to abuse (bsc#1271531).
  • CVE-2026-62428: grant-table: type confusion in grant-copy (bsc#1271532).
  • CVE-2026-62429: vNUMA domain cleanup may race other operations (bsc#1271534).
  • CVE-2026-62430: x86: Out-of-bounds read in vRTC emulation (bsc#1271535).
  • CVE-2026-62432: evtchn: Race between FIFO expand and reset (bsc#1271537).
  • CVE-2026-62433: correct buffer checks for DM_OP hypercalls (bsc#1271538).
  • CVE-2026-62434: PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages (bsc#1271539).
  • pygrub is only supported in de-privileged mode (XSA-508) (bsc#1271947).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:3451-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:3462-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-42493: x86 shadow paging is deprecated (bsc#1271528).
  • CVE-2026-42494,CVE-2026-42495,CVE-2026-62423,CVE-2026-62424,CVE-2026-62425: buffer overruns in libfsimage iso9660 handling (bsc#1271530).
  • CVE-2026-62426,CVE-2026-62427: sysctl and platform-op locks open to abuse (bsc#1271531).
  • CVE-2026-62428: grant-table: type confusion in grant-copy (bsc#1271532).
  • CVE-2026-62429: vNUMA domain cleanup may race other operations (bsc#1271534).
  • CVE-2026-62430: x86: Out-of-bounds read in vRTC emulation (bsc#1271535).
  • CVE-2026-62431: Viridian STIMER division by zero (bsc#1271536).
  • CVE-2026-62432: evtchn: Race between FIFO expand and reset (bsc#1271537).
  • CVE-2026-62433: correct buffer checks for DM_OP hypercalls (bsc#1271538).
  • CVE-2026-62434: PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages (bsc#1271539).
  • pygrub is only supported in de-privileged mode (XSA-508) (bsc#1271947).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:3462-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:4090-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Update to version 4.20.3 (jsc#PED-8907).

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2026-42493: x86 shadow paging is deprecated (bsc#1271528).
  • CVE-2026-42494,CVE-2026-42495,CVE-2026-62423,CVE-2026-62424,CVE-2026-62425: buffer overruns in libfsimage iso9660 handling (bsc#1271530).
  • CVE-2026-62426,CVE-2026-62427: sysctl and platform-op locks open to abuse (bsc#1271531).
  • CVE-2026-62428: grant-table: type confusion in grant-copy (bsc#1271532).
  • CVE-2026-62429: vNUMA domain cleanup may race other operations (bsc#1271534).
  • CVE-2026-62430: x86: Out-of-bounds read in vRTC emulation (bsc#1271535).
  • CVE-2026-62431: Viridian STIMER division by zero (bsc#1271536).
  • CVE-2026-62432: evtchn: Race between FIFO expand and reset (bsc#1271537).
  • CVE-2026-62433: correct buffer checks for DM_OP hypercalls (bsc#1271538).
  • CVE-2026-62434: PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages (bsc#1271539).
  • CVE-2026-62437: x86: DMs may cause mem leak by IRQ binding (bsc#1276838).
  • CVE-2026-79602: x86: improper handling of HVM emulation return codes (bsc#1276839).
  • CVE-2026-79603: unconditionally do TLB flushing ahead of page scrubbing (bsc#1276841).
  • pygrub is only supported in de-privileged mode (bsc#1271947).

Non security issue fixed:

  • Xen: Missing upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:4090-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
Alpine:v3.21
 before 4.19.6-r0
4.19.6-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.22
 before 4.20.4-r0
4.20.4-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.23
 before 4.20.4-r0
4.20.4-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.24
 before 4.21.2-r0
4.21.2-r0
xen
Debian:12
 before 4.17.7-0+deb12u1, plus listed versions
4.17.1+2-gb773c48e36-14.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1~deb12u14.17.2-1
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4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp24.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u14.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u14.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-1
4.17.7-0+deb12u1
xen
Debian:13
 before 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1, plus listed versions
4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-0+deb13u14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2
4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1
xen
Debian:14
 before 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1, plus listed versions
4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2
4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS
 before 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3
4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
 before 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3
4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
 before 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
 before 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
 before 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS
 before 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
 before 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS
 before 4.12.4_72-3.148.4
4.12.4_72-3.148.4
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5
 before 4.12.4_72-3.148.4
4.12.4_72-3.148.4
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
 before 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
 before 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
 before 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
 before 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
 before 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
 before 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7
 before 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7
 before 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.5.1-0ubuntu14.5.1-0ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu14.6.0-1ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu4
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4.6.0-1ubuntu4.14.6.0-1ubuntu4.24.6.0-1ubuntu4.34.6.5-0ubuntu14.6.5-0ubuntu1.14.6.5-0ubuntu1.24.6.5-0ubuntu1.4
 None known
xen
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.9.0-0ubuntu34.9.0-0ubuntu44.9.2-0ubuntu1
 None known
xen
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.9.2-0ubuntu24.9.2-0ubuntu64.9.2-0ubuntu74.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu14.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu24.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.24.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3
 None known
xen
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1ubuntu24.16.0-1~ubuntu24.16.0-1~ubuntu2.1
 None known
xen
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.17.2-14.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1ubuntu14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1ubuntu24.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1ubuntu3
 None known
xen
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2build24.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-1ubuntu14.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1
 None known
xen
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-24.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2build2
 None known
xen
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 4.22.0_02-1.1
4.22.0_02-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-62432 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Xen, published July 28, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.19.6-r0.

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