CVE-2023-46840 (GCVE-0-2023-46840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-03-20 10:40
Modified
2025-11-04 18:18
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results
in logic that doesn't operate as intended when support for HVM guests is
compiled out of Xen.
References
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