CVE-2022-42329

Public on 2022-12-07
Modified on 2024-06-21
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).
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2023-03-17 ALAS-2023-1706 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2023-02-03 ALAS2-2023-1932 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2023-01-18 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-025 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-01-18 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-012 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2023-01-18 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-041 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-070 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H