CVE-2022-42309

NameCVE-2022-42309
DescriptionXenstore: 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5272-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xen (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.4.4lts5-0+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1vulnerable
bullseye4.14.6-1fixed
bullseye (security)4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1fixed
bookworm4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xensourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
xensourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
xensourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
xensourcebullseye4.14.5+86-g1c354767d5-1DSA-5272-1
xensource(unstable)4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1

Notes

[buster] - xen <end-of-life> (DSA 4677-1)
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-414.html

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