CVE-2022-42331

Published Mar 21, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5378-1 xen security update
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
XEN
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 4:33 PM
Reserved
Oct 3, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 21, 2023, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:04 AM