During Xenstore live update the state record for a Xenstore watch with
specified watch depth is written with two bytes missing. This results
in an inconsistent state when reading the state back in the new Xenstore,
causing a crash of Xenstore or wrong Xenstore data.
specified watch depth is written with two bytes missing. This results
in an inconsistent state when reading the state back in the new Xenstore,
causing a crash of Xenstore or wrong Xenstore data.
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Workaround
Not doing a live update of Xenstore avoids the vulnerability. Switching to oxenstored avoids the vulnerability.
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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| Description | During Xenstore live update the state record for a Xenstore watch with specified watch depth is written with two bytes missing. This results in an inconsistent state when reading the state back in the new Xenstore, causing a crash of Xenstore or wrong Xenstore data. | |
| Title | Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored during Live Update | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: XEN
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-13T16:13:38.746Z
Reserved: 2026-08-25T07:35:05.289Z
Link: CVE-2026-79607
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-13T16:17:22.937
Modified: 2026-10-13T17:17:46.570
Link: CVE-2026-79607
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