CVE-2024-31142
x86: Incorrect logic for BTC/SRSO mitigations
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- May 16, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 28, 2024
Description
Because of a logical error in XSA-407 (Branch Type Confusion), the mitigation is not applied properly when it is intended to be used. XSA-434 (Speculative Return Stack Overflow) uses the same infrastructure, so is equally impacted.
For more details, see: https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-407.html https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-434.html
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
XenXen |
|
References
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-455.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D5OK6MH75S7YWD34EWW7QIZTS627RIE3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYAZ7P6YFJ2E3FHKAGIKHWS46KYMMTZH/
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-455.html
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