Division by zero in Xen - CVE-2026-62431

 

Division by zero in Xen - CVE-2026-62431

Published: July 29, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU140016
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-62431
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to division by zero in the periodic Viridian STIMER handling logic when processing a user-controlled divisor value. A local user can set the divisor to zero to cause a denial of service.

Only HVM guests with Viridian STIMERs enabled can trigger the vulnerability.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2026-62431

Install security update from vendor's website.

xen-libs-32bit - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3
xen-libs-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-libs - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-devel - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-tools-domU - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3
xen-doc-html - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3
xen-tools - addressed in versions 4.16.7_12-150400.4.89.3, 4.17.6_14-150500.3.76.3, 4.18.5_20-150600.3.53.3, 4.20.4_04-150700.3.46.1
xen (Debian package) - update to 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1
xen - addressed in versions 4.20.4-1.fc43, 4.21.2-1.fc44

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