CVE-2022-42323
MEDIUMXen - Use-After-Free via Xenstore Node Ownership Transfer
Title source: llmDescription
Xenstore: Cooperating guests can create arbitrary numbers of nodes T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Since the fix of XSA-322 any Xenstore node owned by a removed domain will be modified to be owned by Dom0. This will allow two malicious guests working together to create an arbitrary number of Xenstore nodes. This is possible by domain A letting domain B write into domain A's local Xenstore tree. Domain B can then create many nodes and reboot. The nodes created by domain B will now be owned by Dom0. By repeating this process over and over again an arbitrary number of nodes can be created, as Dom0's number of nodes isn't limited by Xenstore quota.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-419.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-419.txt
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/9
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5272
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLI2NPNEH7CNJO3VZGQNOI4M4EWLNKPZ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZVXG7OOOXCX6VIPEMLFDPIPUTFAYWPE/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTMITQBGC23MSDHUCAPCVGLMVXIBXQTQ/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
fedoraproject/fedora
35
fedoraproject/fedora
36
fedoraproject/fedora
37
xen/xen
Published
Nov 01, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026