Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELTOOLS-3199561
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed12 Jul 2022

Introduced: 12 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-29901  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7110.

NVD Description

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

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.

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