Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page

Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret
hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S.

This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all,
as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations.

This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.
Published: 2024-12-24
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4075-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4076-1 linux-6.1 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-51913 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S. This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all, as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations. This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000


Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00116}

epss

{'score': 0.00094}


Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 07:30:00 +0000


Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000


Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S. This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all, as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations. This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.
Title kernel: xen: Xen hypercall page unsafe against speculative attacks (Xen Security Advisory 466) x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page
References

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title kernel: xen: Xen hypercall page unsafe against speculative attacks (Xen Security Advisory 466)
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:53:35.106Z

Reserved: 2024-11-19T17:17:25.026Z

Link: CVE-2024-53241

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-12-24T10:15:06.640

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:17:46.153

Link: CVE-2024-53241

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-12-17T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-53241 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses