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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42324

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42324 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11xen*, 4.14.5+24-g87d90d511c-1, 0
Debian:13xen0, 0, 0
Debian:12xen0, 0, 0
Debian:14xen0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Nov 1, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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