Race condition in Xen - CVE-2025-58143

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU115006

Race condition in Xen - CVE-2025-58143

Published: September 9, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU115006
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58143
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Xen
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
Basesystem Module
Server Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
Citrix XenServer
xen-libs-64bit
xen-debugsource
xen-devel
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo
xen-libs
xen-libs-debuginfo
xen-tools-domU
xen-libs-32bit
xen-tools-debuginfo
xen-doc-html
xen
xen-tools
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk
xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo
xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo
xen (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-58143

Install updates from vendor's website.

xen-libs-64bit - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2
xen-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-devel - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-libs - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-libs-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-tools-domU - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-libs-32bit - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2
xen-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-doc-html - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2
xen - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-tools - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2, 4.20.1_04-150700.3.11.1
xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2
xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.14.6_28-150300.3.94.1, 4.16.7_04-150400.4.75.1, 4.17.5_12-150500.3.53.1, 4.18.5_06-150600.3.31.2, 4.18.5_08-150600.3.34.2
xen (Debian package) - addressed in versions 4.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-1, 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u1
xen - addressed in versions 4.19.3-3.fc41, 4.19.3-4.fc42, 4.20.1-5.fc43, 4.20.1-6.fc43

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