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


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


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-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-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



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