Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2024· Updated Nov 4, 2025
VT-d: Failure to quarantine devices in !HVM builds
CVE-2023-46840
Description
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.
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Affected products
7- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP5
< 4.17.3_04-150500.3.21.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17.3_04-150500.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0_06-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17.3_04-150500.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17.3_04-150500.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17.3_04-150500.3.21.1
Patches
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References
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