CVE-2022-29901

CVE Details

Release Date:2022-07-12

Description


Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

See more information about CVE-2022-29901 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


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


CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score: 5.6
Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version: 3.1
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: High
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)ELSA-2022-73372022-11-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2022-97092022-08-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2024-121502024-02-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2024-121512024-02-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2025-200192025-01-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)ELSA-2022-97102022-08-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)ELSA-2024-121532024-02-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)ELSA-2022-71102022-10-26
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2022-95902022-07-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2022-97092022-08-15
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2024-121512024-02-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2024-124332024-06-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2025-200192025-01-11
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)ELSA-2022-95912022-07-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)ELSA-2022-97102022-08-15
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)ELSA-2024-121542024-02-12
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel)ELSA-2022-82672022-11-22
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2022-95902022-07-12
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2024-124332024-06-12


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