CVE-2022-42331

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductXen
PublishedMar 21, 2023
First seenMar 21, 2023

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xen xen4.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.17.0—
fedoraproject fedora37, 38—

Check your version

Choose the product and enter the version you run to see whether it falls in the affected range.

In the Intelligence 360 plan

Attack Surface Management

See the assets tied to your domains, the technologies they run and known vulnerabilities in one list.