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CVE-2022-42330

Guests can cause Xenstore crash via soft reset When a guest issues a "Soft Reset" (e.g. for performing a kexec) the libxl based Xen toolstack will normally perform a XS_RELEASE Xenstore operation. Due to a bug in xenstored this can result in a crash of xenstored. Any other use of XS_RELEASE will have the same impact.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
26 Jan 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Version 4.17.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42330
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42330