SB20251028144 - SUSE update for xen



SB20251028144 - SUSE update for xen

Published: October 28, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB20251028144
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27466)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when updating the reference TSC area. A malicious guest can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against the hypervisor.



2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58142)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error by assuming the SIM page is mapped when a synthetic timer message has to be delivered. A malicious guest can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against the hypervisor.


3) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58143)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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


The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to compromise the hypervisor.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the mapping of the reference TSC page. A malicious guest can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.


4) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58147)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

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


The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the vpmask_set() function when processing HV_VP_SET Sparse format. A malicious guest can initiate  hypercall to trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the hypervisor. 


5) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58148)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

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


The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the send_ipi() function. A malicious guest can initiate hypercalls using any input format to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the hypervisor.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.