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CVE-2020-25601

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. There is a lack of preemption in evtchn_reset() / evtchn_destroy(). In particular, the FIFO event channel model allows guests to have a large number of event channels active at a time. Closing all of these (when resetting all event channels or when cleaning up after the guest) may take extended periods of time. So far, there was no arrangement for…

Severity
Medium 5.5
Published
23 Sept 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 4.14.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25601
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25601