CVE-2022-42324

Published Nov 1, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision. The Ocaml Xenbus library takes a C uint32_t out of the ring and casts it directly to an Ocaml integer. In 64-bit Ocaml builds this is fine, but in 32-bit builds, it truncates off the most significant bit, and then creates unsigned/signed confusion in the remainder. This in turn can feed a negative value into logic not expecting a negative value, resulting in unexpected exceptions being thrown. The unexpected exception is not handled suitably, creating a busy-loop trying (and failing) to take the bad packet out of the xenstore ring.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5272-1 xen security update
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
XEN
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 1:03 PM
Reserved
Oct 3, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 1, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:04 AM