CVE-2026-102700

gnttab: cache-flush handling may cause page reference leak

Published Oct 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
With its original introduction, GNTTAB_cache_flush was made available
uniformly. XSA-232 (CVE-2017-14318) then covered an omitted NULL
pointer check, yet the addition of that check failed to adjust the
subsequent error path. That error path fails to drop a page reference in
case the specified page is owned by a special system domain (DOM_IO and
DOM_COW are system domains which can have memory pages assigned to them.)

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

There is no known mitigation.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4818-1 xen security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4881-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6571-1 xen security update
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-773
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-404
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Xen
Xen xen
Vendors & Products Xen
Xen xen
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Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-773
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description With its original introduction, GNTTAB_cache_flush was made available uniformly. XSA-232 (CVE-2017-14318) then covered an omitted NULL pointer check, yet the addition of that check failed to adjust the subsequent error path. That error path fails to drop a page reference in case the specified page is owned by a special system domain (DOM_IO and DOM_COW are system domains which can have memory pages assigned to them.)
Title gnttab: cache-flush handling may cause page reference leak
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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
XEN
Published
Updated
Oct 20, 2026, 5:16 PM
Reserved
Sep 29, 2026, 4:11 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 13, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Oct 20, 2026, 6:17 PM