CLEANSTART-2024-EW26496

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    CLEANSTART-2024-EW26496

    Published: 31 Oct 2026Last Modified: 31 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-42331

    Summary: 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

    Details: Security vulnerability affects the xen package. 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.

    References: https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-security-advisories/tree/main/advisories/2024/CLEANSTART-2024-EW26496.json, https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42331, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42331

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:apk/cleanstart/xen?arch=x86_64

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.17.0-r5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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