Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.32.1.0.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-3064023
  • published27 Oct 2022
  • disclosed12 Jul 2022

Introduced: 12 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-29900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-372.32.1.0.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7110.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

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