CVE-2026-79602 (GCVE-0-2026-79602)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 12:11 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
x86: improper handling of HVM emulation return codes
Summary
A guest with a PCI device assigned that has at least a BAR on the IO port
space can trigger a BUG() in Xen.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-10 18:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-09-08 12:00
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