A guest started with Populated on Demand enabled (PoD) can attempt to
reclaim pages which aren't regular guest RAM. This can cause corruption
of memory management state in Xen.
reclaim pages which aren't regular guest RAM. This can cause corruption
of memory management state in Xen.
Advisories
No advisories yet.
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
Running only PV guests or HVM/PVH guests without PoD will avoid the vulnerability.
References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-507.html |
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History
Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| First Time appeared |
Xen
Xen xen |
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| Vendors & Products |
Xen
Xen xen |
Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A guest started with Populated on Demand enabled (PoD) can attempt to reclaim pages which aren't regular guest RAM. This can cause corruption of memory management state in Xen. | |
| Title | PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-787 | |
| References |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: XEN
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-28T16:33:34.668Z
Reserved: 2026-07-14T10:28:12.655Z
Link: CVE-2026-62434
Updated: 2026-07-28T16:33:34.668Z
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-07-28T20:30:16Z
Weaknesses