CVE-2026-79607 (GCVE-0-2026-79607)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-13 15:43
Modified
2026-10-16 18:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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