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.
Published: 2023-03-21
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5378-1 xen security update
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: XEN

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:33:19.580Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42331

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-21T13:15:11.833

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:46.073

Link: CVE-2022-42331

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