CVE-2022-29901
Arbitrary Memory Disclosure through CPU Side-Channel Attacks (Retbleed)
Description
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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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:CScopeChanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:NIntegrityNone
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Intel Corp.
commercial·USaka intel
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
commercial·USaka amd
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
xen
oss-project·GBaka qemu, xapi
and 141 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/2
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/4
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/5
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