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CVE-2020-11741

An issue was discovered in xenoprof in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users (with active profiling) to obtain sensitive information about other guests, cause a denial of service, or possibly gain privileges. For guests for which "active" profiling was enabled by the administrator, the xenoprof code uses the standard Xen shared ring structure. Unfortunately, this code did not treat the…

Severity
High 8.8
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-2020-11741
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11741