DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42316
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | xen | *, 4.14.4+74-gd7b22226b5-1, 4.14.5+24-g87d90d511c-1 |
| Debian:13 | xen | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | xen | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | xen | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated