Vulnerability CVE-2022-42331


Published: 2023-03-21

Description:
x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.

 References:
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-429.txt

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