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    CVE-2026-42493

    Addressing certain issues, in particular related to operations which may take excessively long and therefore would need preemption, has turned out overly costly. Since alternatives (HVM/PVH: HAP, PV: shim) are commonly available, the decision was to deprecate the functionality, while still retaining it for people to use at their own (security) risk. Memory-wise small enough guests may still be okay to run.

    Published:Jul 28, 2026
    Last Modified:Jul 28, 2026
    EPS:Jul 28, 2026
    EPSS Score:
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Xen
    Product
    Xen

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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