CVE-2022-42331 (GCVE-0-2022-42331)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:33
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • unknown
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Xen xen Unknown: consult Xen advisory XSA-429
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