CVE-2026-42488
Publication date 18 June 2026
Last updated 25 June 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
Some shadow paging errors paths will switch the page-tables without updating the currently running vCPU reference. This causes a mismatch between the loaded page-tables and the mapcache metadata which can lead to corruption of the mapcache.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| xen | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Notes
mdeslaur
hypervisor packages are in universe. For issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate tags to each section, ex: Tags_xen: universe-binary
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
8.1 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H