Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.106.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELSYMS-3181181
  • published24 Dec 2022
  • disclosed23 Dec 2022

Introduced: 23 Dec 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-syms to version 5.3.18-150300.59.106.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms package and not the kernel-syms package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 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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