Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-rt-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.32.1.rt7.189.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTDEBUGDEVEL-3189478
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-372.32.1.rt7.189.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7134.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-devel package and not the kernel-rt-debug-devel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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

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