CVE-2022-42324
Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision. The Ocaml Xenbus library takes a C uint32_t out of the ring and casts it directly to an Ocaml integer. In 64-bit Ocaml builds this is fine, but in 32-bit builds, it truncates off the most significant bit, and then creates unsigned/signed confusion in the remainder. This in turn can feed a negative value into logic not expecting a negative value, resulting in unexpected exceptions being thrown. The unexpected exception is not handled suitably, creating a busy-loop trying (and failing) to take the bad packet out of the xenstore ring.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-681
- Affected
- xen/xen · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security@xen.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-420.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTMITQBGC23MSDHUCAPCVGLMVXIBXQTQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZVXG7OOOXCX6VIPEMLFDPIPUTFAYWPE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLI2NPNEH7CNJO3VZGQNOI4M4EWLNKPZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5272Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-420.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-420.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTMITQBGC23MSDHUCAPCVGLMVXIBXQTQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZVXG7OOOXCX6VIPEMLFDPIPUTFAYWPE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLI2NPNEH7CNJO3VZGQNOI4M4EWLNKPZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5272Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-420.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.