Information Exposure Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-3381348
  • published 26 Oct 2022
  • disclosed 12 Jul 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-core to version 0:5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:8973.

NVD Description

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

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

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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Red Hat

5.6 medium
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SUSE

4.7 medium