(illegal) node path "/local/domain/", will crash xenstored due to a
clobbered error indicator in xenstored when verifying the node path.
Note that the crash is forced via a failing assert() statement in
xenstored. In case xenstored is being built with NDEBUG #defined,
an unprivileged guest trying to access the node path "/local/domain/"
will result in it no longer being serviced by xenstored, other guests
(including dom0) will still be serviced, but xenstored will use up
all cpu time it can get.
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| Description | Any guest issuing a Xenstore command accessing a node using the (illegal) node path "/local/domain/", will crash xenstored due to a clobbered error indicator in xenstored when verifying the node path. Note that the crash is forced via a failing assert() statement in xenstored. In case xenstored is being built with NDEBUG #defined, an unprivileged guest trying to access the node path "/local/domain/" will result in it no longer being serviced by xenstored, other guests (including dom0) will still be serviced, but xenstored will use up all cpu time it can get. | |
| Title | Xenstored DoS by unprivileged domain | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: XEN
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-23T14:14:02.810Z
Reserved: 2026-01-14T13:07:36.961Z
Link: CVE-2026-23555
Updated: 2026-03-23T07:32:28.482Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-03-23T07:16:07.330
Modified: 2026-03-23T15:16:32.237
Link: CVE-2026-23555
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