[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] There are multiple issues related to the handling and accessing of guest memory pages in the viridian code: 1. A NULL pointer dereference in the updating of the reference TSC area. This is CVE-2025-27466. 2. A NULL pointer dereference by assuming the SIM page is mapped when a synthetic timer message has to be delivered. This is CVE-2025-58142. 3. A race in the mapping of the reference TSC page, where a guest can get Xen to free a page while still present in the guest physical to machine (p2m) page tables. This is CVE-2025-58143.
During the mapping of the Reference TSC Page by Xen's viridian code, a race condition (CWE-366) occurs — a guest can trigger a sequence of operations at the right moment that causes Xen to free a memory page before it is removed from the p2m table (guest physical to machine page tables). As a result, the p2m tables retain an entry pointing to an already freed machine page. Such a situation can lead to unauthorized memory access or its reuse in an uncontrolled manner.
An attacker controlling a guest system can compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the host and other virtual machines — potentially enabling privilege escalation, virtual machine escape, or hypervisor destabilization.
Apply patches available from the vendor according to the references — see advisory XSA-472 at https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-472.html
Xen hypervisor — versions indicated in vendor references (advisory XSA-472 on xenbits.xenproject.org)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HXen
OSXen4.13.0 – 4.17.0 (excl.)
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