CVE-2023-46840 (GCVE-0-2023-46840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-20 10:40 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:18
VLAI?
Title
VT-d: Failure to quarantine devices in !HVM builds
Summary
Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results in logic that doesn't operate as intended when support for HVM guests is compiled out of Xen.
Severity ?
4.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
XEN
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Xen Xen Unknown: consult Xen advisory XSA-450
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Credits
This issue was discovered by Teddy Astie of Vates
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