CVE-2022-42329

medium

Description

Guests can trigger deadlock in Linux netback driver T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] The patch for XSA-392 introduced another issue which might result in a deadlock when trying to free the SKB of a packet dropped due to the XSA-392 handling (CVE-2022-42328). Additionally when dropping packages for other reasons the same deadlock could occur in case of netpoll being active for the interface the xen-netback driver is connected to (CVE-2022-42329).

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-165-10

https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-424.txt

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/09/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/08/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/08/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-07

Updated: 2023-01-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium