CVE-2022-42309
Published: 1 November 2022
Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored Due to a bug in the fix of XSA-115 a malicious guest can cause xenstored to use a wrong pointer during node creation in an error path, resulting in a crash of xenstored or a memory corruption in xenstored causing further damage. Entering the error path can be controlled by the guest e.g. by exceeding the quota value of maximum nodes per domain.
Notes
Author | Note |
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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 |
bionic |
Needs triage
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focal |
Needs triage
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jammy |
Needs triage
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trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
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upstream |
Needs triage
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xenial |
Needs triage
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kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
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mantic |
Needs triage
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lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was 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 |
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Base score | 8.8 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |