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CVE-2021-28689

x86: Speculative vulnerabilities with bare (non-shim) 32-bit PV guests 32-bit x86 PV guest kernels run in ring 1. At the time when Xen was developed, this area of the i386 architecture was rarely used, which is why Xen was able to use it to implement paravirtualisation, Xen's novel approach to virtualization. In AMD64, Xen had to use a different implementation approach, so Xen does not use ring…

Severity
Medium 5.5
Published
11 Jun 2021
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
4.12.0
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Every version before 4.12.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28689
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28689