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CVE-2022-42331

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2023-03-21 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.

Affected Platforms

Xen XenFedoraproject Fedora

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References