Description
In x86's APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) architecture,
error conditions are reported in a status register. Furthermore, the OS
can opt to receive an interrupt when a new error occurs.

It is possible to configure the error interrupt with an illegal vector,
which generates an error when an error interrupt is raised.

This case causes Xen to recurse through vlapic_error(). The recursion
itself is bounded; errors accumulate in the the status register and only
generate an interrupt when a new status bit becomes set.

However, the lock protecting this state in Xen will try to be taken
recursively, and deadlock.
Published: 2024-09-25
Score: 7.3 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5836-1 xen security update
History

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:45:00 +0200

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00374}

epss

{'score': 0.00287}


Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:45:00 +0200

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00345}

epss

{'score': 0.00374}


Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0100


Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:15:00 +0100

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-209
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0200

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:45:00 +0200

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In x86's APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) architecture, error conditions are reported in a status register. Furthermore, the OS can opt to receive an interrupt when a new error occurs. It is possible to configure the error interrupt with an illegal vector, which generates an error when an error interrupt is raised. This case causes Xen to recurse through vlapic_error(). The recursion itself is bounded; errors accumulate in the the status register and only generate an interrupt when a new status bit becomes set. However, the lock protecting this state in Xen will try to be taken recursively, and deadlock.
Title x86: Deadlock in vlapic_error()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: XEN

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-20T21:33:14.401Z

Reserved: 2024-09-09T14:43:11.826Z

Link: CVE-2024-45817

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-25T11:03:12.931Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-09-25T11:15:12.277

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:54:52.300

Link: CVE-2024-45817

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T00:10:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-209

    Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information