CVE-2022-42331
Published: 21 March 2023
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | hypervisor packages are in universe. For issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate tags to each section, ex: Tags_xen: universe-binary |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
focal |
Needs triage
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| jammy |
Needs triage
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| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| bionic |
Needs triage
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| xenial |
Needs triage
|
|
| lunar |
Needs triage
|
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| Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. | ||
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42331
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/21/3
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-429.html
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-429.txt
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-429.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/21/3
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian