Race condition in Xen - CVE-2022-23041
Published: May 17, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63310
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23041
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in blkfront, netfront, scsifront, usbfront, dmabuf, xenbus, 9p, kbdfront, and pvcalls ring buffers. A malicious backend can exploit the race condition and read or write data or perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23041
Install updates from vendor's website.