CVE-2022-42331
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 21, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 3, 2022
Description
x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
xenXen |
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References
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-429.txt
- [oss-security] 20230321 Xen Security Advisory 429 v3 (CVE-2022-42331) - x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL pathmailing-list
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-429.html
- FEDORA-2023-703f133eb3vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-da8315e641vendor-advisory
- DSA-5378vendor-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07
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