ALPINE-CVE-2022-42318
Xenstore: guests can let run xenstored out of memory T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Malicious guests can cause xenstored to allocate vast amounts of memory, eventually resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) of xenstored. There are multiple ways how guests can cause large memory allocations in xenstored: - - by issuing new requests to xenstored without reading the responses, causing the responses to be buffered in memory - - by causing large number of watch events to be generated via setting up multiple xenstore watches and then e.g. deleting many xenstore nodes below the watched path - - by creating as many nodes as allowed with the maximum allowed size and path length in as many transactions as possible - - by accessing many nodes inside a transaction
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.15 | xen | 4.2.1-r2, 4.2.1-r11, 4.2.1-r10 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | xen | 4.2.1-r11, 4.2.1-r2, 4.2.1-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xen | 4.8.1-r3, 4.8.1-r2, 4.8.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | xen | 4.12.0-r2, 4.12.1-r0, 4.12.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | xen | 4.3.0-r8, 4.3.1-r0, 4.3.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | xen | 0, 4.0.1-r1, 4.0.1-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | xen | 4.9.1-r3, 4.16.0-r1, 4.15.1-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | xen | 4.9.1-r3, 4.14.0-r2, 4.14.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xen | 4.14.0-r3, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xen | 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1, 4.0.1-r2 |
Timeline
- Nov 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch