SUSE update for xen

1) Deadlock

EUVDB-ID: #VU105104

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1713

CWE-ID: CWE-833 - Deadlock

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking when handling legacy PCI devices pass-through. A malicious low-privileged guest can crash the entire host. 

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires Intel IOMMU hardware (VT-d).

Mitigation

Update the affected package xen to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Server Applications Module: 15-SP6

Basesystem Module: 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP6

xen-libs-64bit: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-doc-html: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-libs-32bit: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-libs: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-tools-domU-debuginfo: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-libs-debuginfo: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-tools-domU: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-debugsource: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-tools: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-devel: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

xen-tools-debuginfo: before 4.18.4_06-150600.3.20.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:server_applications_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-64bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-doc-html:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-domu-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-domu:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20251162-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.