CVE-2022-42324
published 2022-11-01CVE-2022-42324: Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision. The Ocaml Xenbus library takes a C uint32_t out of the…
PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.27%
18.8th percentile
Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision. The Ocaml Xenbus library takes a C uint32_t out of the ring and casts it directly to an Ocaml integer. In 64-bit Ocaml builds this is fine, but in 32-bit builds, it truncates off the most significant bit, and then creates unsigned/signed confusion in the remainder. This in turn can feed a negative value into logic not expecting a negative value, resulting in unexpected exceptions being thrown. The unexpected exception is not handled suitably, creating a busy-loop trying (and failing) to take the bad packet out of the xenstore ring.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | xen | < xen 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 (bookworm) | xen 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| xen | xen | >= 0 < 4.14.5+86-g1c354767d5-1 | 4.14.5+86-g1c354767d5-1 |
| xen | xen | >= 0 < 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 | 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 |
| xen | xen | >= 0 < 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 | 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 |
| xen | xen | >= 0 < 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 | 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2022-42324: xen - Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 b...
vendor_debian·2022·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-42324 [MEDIUM] CVE-2022-42324: xen - Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 b...
Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision. The Ocaml Xenbus library takes a C uint32_t out of the ring and casts it directly to an Ocaml integer. In 64-bit Ocaml builds this is fine, but in 32-bit builds, it truncates off the most significant bit, and then creates unsigned/signed confusion in the remainder. This in turn can feed a negative value into logic not expecting a negative value, resulting in unexpected exceptions being thrown. The unexpected exception is not handled suitably, creating a busy-loop trying (and failing) to take the bad packet out of the xenstore ring.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.16.2+90-g0d39a6d1ae-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.14.5+86-g1c354767d5-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.16.2+90-
OSV
CVE-2022-42324: Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision
osv·2022-11-01·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-42324 [MEDIUM] CVE-2022-42324: Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision
Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision. The Ocaml Xenbus library takes a C uint32_t out of the ring and casts it directly to an Ocaml integer. In 64-bit Ocaml builds this is fine, but in 32-bit builds, it truncates off the most significant bit, and then creates unsigned/signed confusion in the remainder. This in turn can feed a negative value into logic not expecting a negative value, resulting in unexpected exceptions being thrown. The unexpected exception is not handled suitably, creating a busy-loop trying (and failing) to take the bad packet out of the xenstore ring.
GHSA
GHSA-2hqj-m7qj-9pc3: Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-11-01
CVE-2022-42324 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-2hqj-m7qj-9pc3: Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision
Oxenstored 32->31 bit integer truncation issues Integers in Ocaml are 63 or 31 bits of signed precision. The Ocaml Xenbus library takes a C uint32_t out of the ring and casts it directly to an Ocaml integer. In 64-bit Ocaml builds this is fine, but in 32-bit builds, it truncates off the most significant bit, and then creates unsigned/signed confusion in the remainder. This in turn can feed a negative value into logic not expecting a negative value, resulting in unexpected exceptions being thrown. The unexpected exception is not handled suitably, creating a busy-loop trying (and failing) to take the bad packet out of the xenstore ring.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
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2022-11-01
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