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CVE-2022-42310

Xenstore: Guests can create orphaned Xenstore nodes By creating multiple nodes inside a transaction resulting in an error, a malicious guest can create orphaned nodes in the Xenstore data base, as the cleanup after the error will not remove all nodes already created. When the transaction is committed after this situation, nodes without a valid parent can be made permanent in the data base.

Severity
Medium 5.5
Published
1 Nov 2022
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
4.13.0
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • From 4.9.0 before 4.13.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42310
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42310