Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions <0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNELRTDEBUG-5655740
  • published 28 May 2023
  • disclosed 15 Nov 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-rt-debug to version 0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:7933.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug package and not the kernel-rt-debug package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

4.7 medium
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Red Hat

5.6 medium