CVE-2022-23960

CVE Details

Release Date:

2022-03-13

Description

Certain Arm Cortex and Neoverse processors through 2022-03-08 do not properly restrict cache speculation, aka Spectre-BHB. An attacker can leverage the shared branch history in the Branch History Buffer (BHB) to influence mispredicted branches. Then, cache allocation can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information.

See more information about CVE-2022-23960 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2022-9244	2022-03-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2022-9273	2022-04-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2022-9245	2022-03-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2022-9274	2022-04-11
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)	ELSA-2022-7683	2022-11-15
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2022-9244	2022-03-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2022-9273	2022-04-11
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2022-9245	2022-03-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2022-9274	2022-04-11

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