CVE-2026-62437

x86: DMs may cause mem leak by IRQ binding

Published Sep 8, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
When guests are terminated, various pieces of cleanup need carrying out.
The cleaning up of PCI devices which were assigned to guests, and the
associated removal of tracking structures for IRQs used by the devices
occurs relatively early in the process. Unfortunately after that point
the guest about to be terminated could cause its device model (DM) to
re-establish such tracking structures, by having it bind one or more IRQs
anew. While some of those tracking structures would still be cleaned up
later on, at least one would not be.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Running only PV or PVH guests will avoid the vulnerability. Running only HVM guests without passing through PCI devices to them will also avoid the vulnerability.

Tracking

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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
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Weaknesses CWE-391
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Weaknesses CWE-362
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Xen
Xen xen
Vendors & Products Xen
Xen xen
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Weaknesses CWE-391
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Description When guests are terminated, various pieces of cleanup need carrying out. The cleaning up of PCI devices which were assigned to guests, and the associated removal of tracking structures for IRQs used by the devices occurs relatively early in the process. Unfortunately after that point the guest about to be terminated could cause its device model (DM) to re-establish such tracking structures, by having it bind one or more IRQs anew. While some of those tracking structures would still be cleaned up later on, at least one would not be.
Title x86: DMs may cause mem leak by IRQ binding
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
XEN
Published
Updated
Sep 10, 2026, 6:13 PM
Reserved
Jul 14, 2026, 10:28 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 8, 2026, 1:17 PM
Modified
Sep 10, 2026, 7:17 PM