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.
Published: 2022-07-12
Score: 5.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3102-1 linux-5.10 new package
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3245-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5207-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-34211 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5564-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5565-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5566-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5728-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5728-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5728-3 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5854-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5861-1 Linux kernel (Dell300x) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5862-1 Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5865-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5883-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5924-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5975-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6007-1 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6221-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00077}

epss

{'score': 0.00112}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Intel Core I3-6100 Core I3-6100 Firmware Core I3-6100e Core I3-6100e Firmware Core I3-6100h Core I3-6100h Firmware Core I3-6100t Core I3-6100t Firmware Core I3-6100te Core I3-6100te Firmware Core I3-6100u Core I3-6100u Firmware Core I3-6102e Core I3-6102e Firmware Core I3-6110u Core I3-6110u Firmware Core I3-6120 Core I3-6120 Firmware Core I3-6120t Core I3-6120t Firmware Core I3-6167u Core I3-6167u Firmware Core I3-6300 Core I3-6300 Firmware Core I3-6300t Core I3-6300t Firmware Core I3-6320 Core I3-6320 Firmware Core I3-6320t Core I3-6320t Firmware Core I3-8000 Core I3-8000 Firmware Core I3-8000t Core I3-8000t Firmware Core I3-8020 Core I3-8020 Firmware Core I3-8100 Core I3-8100 Firmware Core I3-8100h Core I3-8100h Firmware Core I3-8100t Core I3-8100t Firmware Core I3-8109u Core I3-8109u Firmware Core I3-8120 Core I3-8120 Firmware Core I3-8130u Core I3-8130u Firmware Core I3-8145u Core I3-8145u Firmware Core I3-8300 Core I3-8300 Firmware Core I3-8300t Core I3-8300t Firmware Core I3-8350k Core I3-8350k Firmware Core I5-6200u Core I5-6200u Firmware Core I5-6210u Core I5-6210u Firmware Core I5-6260u Core I5-6260u Firmware Core I5-6267u Core I5-6267u Firmware Core I5-6287u Core I5-6287u Firmware Core I5-6300hq Core I5-6300hq Firmware Core I5-6300u Core I5-6300u Firmware Core I5-6310u Core I5-6310u Firmware Core I5-6350hq Core I5-6350hq Firmware Core I5-6360u Core I5-6360u Firmware Core I5-6400 Core I5-6400 Firmware Core I5-6400t Core I5-6400t Firmware Core I5-6440eq Core I5-6440eq Firmware Core I5-6440hq Core I5-6440hq Firmware Core I5-6442eq Core I5-6442eq Firmware Core I5-6500 Core I5-6500 Firmware Core I5-6500t Core I5-6500t Firmware Core I5-6500te Core I5-6500te Firmware Core I5-6600 Core I5-6600 Firmware Core I5-6600k Core I5-6600k Firmware Core I5-6600t Core I5-6600t Firmware Core I5-8200y Core I5-8200y Firmware Core I5-8210y Core I5-8210y Firmware Core I5-8250u Core I5-8250u Firmware Core I5-8259u Core I5-8259u Firmware Core I5-8265u Core I5-8265u Firmware Core I5-8269u Core I5-8269u Firmware Core I5-8300h Core I5-8300h Firmware Core I5-8305g Core I5-8305g Firmware Core I5-8310y Core I5-8310y Firmware Core I5-8350u Core I5-8350u Firmware Core I5-8365u Core I5-8365u Firmware Core I5-8400 Core I5-8400 Firmware Core I5-8400b Core I5-8400b Firmware Core I5-8400h Core I5-8400h Firmware Core I5-8400t Core I5-8400t Firmware Core I5-8420 Core I5-8420 Firmware Core I5-8420t Core I5-8420t Firmware Core I5-8500 Core I5-8500 Firmware Core I5-8500b Core I5-8500b Firmware Core I5-8500t Core I5-8500t Firmware Core I5-8550 Core I5-8550 Firmware Core I5-8550u Core I5-8550u Firmware Core I5-8600 Core I5-8600 Firmware Core I5-8600k Core I5-8600k Firmware Core I5-8600t Core I5-8600t Firmware Core I5-8650 Core I5-8650 Firmware Core I5-8650k Core I5-8650k Firmware Core I7-6500u Core I7-6500u Firmware Core I7-6510u Core I7-6510u Firmware Core I7-6560u Core I7-6560u Firmware Core I7-6567u Core I7-6567u Firmware Core I7-6600u Core I7-6600u Firmware Core I7-6650u Core I7-6650u Firmware Core I7-6660u Core I7-6660u Firmware Core I7-6700 Core I7-6700 Firmware Core I7-6700hq Core I7-6700hq Firmware Core I7-6700k Core I7-6700k Firmware Core I7-6700t Core I7-6700t Firmware Core I7-6700te Core I7-6700te Firmware Core I7-6770hq Core I7-6770hq Firmware Core I7-6820eq Core I7-6820eq Firmware Core I7-6820hk Core I7-6820hk Firmware Core I7-6820hq Core I7-6820hq Firmware Core I7-6822eq Core I7-6822eq Firmware Core I7-6870hq Core I7-6870hq Firmware Core I7-6920hq Core I7-6920hq Firmware Core I7-6970hq Core I7-6970hq Firmware Core I7-8500y Core I7-8500y Firmware Core I7-8510y Core I7-8510y Firmware Core I7-8550u Core I7-8550u Firmware Core I7-8557u Core I7-8557u Firmware Core I7-8559u Core I7-8559u Firmware Core I7-8560u Core I7-8560u Firmware Core I7-8565u Core I7-8565u Firmware Core I7-8569u Core I7-8569u Firmware Core I7-8650u Core I7-8650u Firmware Core I7-8665u Core I7-8665u Firmware Core I7-8670 Core I7-8670 Firmware Core I7-8670t Core I7-8670t Firmware Core I7-8700 Core I7-8700 Firmware Core I7-8700b Core I7-8700b Firmware Core I7-8700k Core I7-8700k Firmware Core I7-8700t Core I7-8700t Firmware Core I7-8705g Core I7-8705g Firmware Core I7-8706g Core I7-8706g Firmware Core I7-8709g Core I7-8709g Firmware Core I7-8750h Core I7-8750h Firmware Core I7-8750hf Core I7-8750hf Firmware Core I7-8809g Core I7-8809g Firmware Core I7-8850h Core I7-8850h Firmware Core I9-8950hk Core I9-8950hk Firmware Core M3-6y30 Core M3-6y30 Firmware Core M3-8100y Core M3-8100y Firmware Core M5-6y54 Core M5-6y54 Firmware Core M5-6y57 Core M5-6y57 Firmware Core M7-6y75 Core M7-6y75 Firmware
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Vmware Esxi
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:33:43.000Z

Reserved: 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-29901

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-12T19:15:08.437

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:59:56.087

Link: CVE-2022-29901

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-07-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-29901 - Bugzilla

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