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CVE-2020-11739

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges because of missing memory barriers in read-write unlock paths. The read-write unlock paths don't contain a memory barrier. On Arm, this means a processor is allowed to re-order the memory access with the preceding ones. In other words, the unlock may be seen by another…

Severity
High 7.8
Published
14 Apr 2020
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Every version up to 4.13.0
  • Version 4.13.0-rc1
  • Version 4.13.0-rc2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11739
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11739