VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-42328

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-12-07
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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).

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-667
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-667

Primary references