CVE-2024-31142 x86: Incorrect logic for BTC/SRSO mitigations

2024-05-1613:39:42

XEN

www.cve.org

cve-2024-31142

x86

incorrect logic

btc/srso mitigations

logical error

xsa-407

improper mitigation application

xsa-434

speculative return stack overflow.

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

Because of a logical error in XSA-407 (Branch Type Confusion), the
mitigation is not applied properly when it is intended to be used.
XSA-434 (Speculative Return Stack Overflow) uses the same
infrastructure, so is equally impacted.

For more details, see:
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-407.html
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-434.html

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "product": "Xen",
    "vendor": "Xen",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "unknown",
        "version": "consult Xen advisory XSA-455"
      }
    ]
  }
]