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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2025-933a9a977e
2025-01-12 01:37:12.378788+00:00
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Name        : xen
Product     : Fedora 41
Version     : 4.19.1
Release     : 3.fc41
URL         : http://xen.org/
Summary     : Xen is a virtual machine monitor
Description :
This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line
tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the
Xen hypervisor

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Update Information:

work around debugedit bug to fix aarch64 builds
xen-hypervisor %post doesn't load all needed grub2 modules
update to xen-4.19.1 which includes
Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling [XSA-463, CVE-2024-45818]
libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables [XSA-464, CVE-2024-45819]
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jan  9 2025 Michael Young  - 4.19.1-3
- work around debugedit bug to fix aarch64 builds
* Sat Jan  4 2025 Andrea Perotti  - 4.19.1-2
- xen-hypervisor %post doesn't load all needed grub2 modules
	(#2335558)
* Thu Dec  5 2024 Michael Young  - 4.19.1-1
- update to xen-4.19.1
  remove patches now included or superceded upstream
* Tue Nov 12 2024 Michael Young  - 4.19.0-5
- Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling [XSA-463, CVE-2024-45818]
- libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables [XSA-464, CVE-2024-45819]
- additional patches so above applies cleanly
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2330331 - xen-4.19.1 is available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330331
  [ 2 ] Bug #2333330 - CVE-2024-45818 xen: Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling [fedora-41]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333330
  [ 3 ] Bug #2333333 - CVE-2024-45819 xen: libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables [fedora-41]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333333
  [ 4 ] Bug #2335558 - Failure in loading multiboot2 prevent Xen from boot
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2335558
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-933a9a977e' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Fedora 41: xen 2025-933a9a977e Security Advisory Updates

January 12, 2025
work around debugedit bug to fix aarch64 builds xen-hypervisor %post doesn't load all needed grub2 modules update to xen-4.19.1 which includes Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA hand...

Summary

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line

tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the

Xen hypervisor

Update Information:

work around debugedit bug to fix aarch64 builds xen-hypervisor %post doesn't load all needed grub2 modules update to xen-4.19.1 which includes Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling [XSA-463, CVE-2024-45818] libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables [XSA-464, CVE-2024-45819]

Change Log

* Thu Jan 9 2025 Michael Young - 4.19.1-3 - work around debugedit bug to fix aarch64 builds * Sat Jan 4 2025 Andrea Perotti - 4.19.1-2 - xen-hypervisor %post doesn't load all needed grub2 modules (#2335558) * Thu Dec 5 2024 Michael Young - 4.19.1-1 - update to xen-4.19.1 remove patches now included or superceded upstream * Tue Nov 12 2024 Michael Young - 4.19.0-5 - Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling [XSA-463, CVE-2024-45818] - libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables [XSA-464, CVE-2024-45819] - additional patches so above applies cleanly

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2330331 - xen-4.19.1 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330331 [ 2 ] Bug #2333330 - CVE-2024-45818 xen: Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333330 [ 3 ] Bug #2333333 - CVE-2024-45819 xen: libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333333 [ 4 ] Bug #2335558 - Failure in loading multiboot2 prevent Xen from boot https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2335558

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-933a9a977e' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Severity
Name : xen
Product : Fedora 41
Version : 4.19.1
Release : 3.fc41
URL : http://xen.org/
Summary : Xen is a virtual machine monitor

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