Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-42321
CVE-2022-42321
Description
Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored via exhausting the stack Xenstored is using recursion for some Xenstore operations (e.g. for deleting a sub-tree of Xenstore nodes). With sufficiently deep nesting levels this can result in stack exhaustion on xenstored, leading to a crash of xenstored.
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Affected products
39- osv-coords37 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 4.14.5_08-150300.3.40.1+ 36 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.5_08-150300.3.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.16.2_08-150400.4.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.5_08-150300.3.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.5_08-150300.3.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.5_08-150300.3.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.16.2_08-150400.4.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.5_08-150300.3.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.16.2_08-150400.4.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.5_08-150300.3.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.16.2_08-150400.4.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.6_28-43.98.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.4_34-3.114.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.11.4_34-2.83.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.11.4_34-2.83.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.11.4_34-2.83.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.11.4_34-2.83.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-418.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-418.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5272nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTMITQBGC23MSDHUCAPCVGLMVXIBXQTQ/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZVXG7OOOXCX6VIPEMLFDPIPUTFAYWPE/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLI2NPNEH7CNJO3VZGQNOI4M4EWLNKPZ/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07nvd
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