CVE-2022-29900
Publication date 12 July 2022
Last updated 14 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some AMD x86-64 processors, the branch predictor could by mis-trained for return instructions in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.
Read the notes from the security team
Why is this CVE medium priority?
See ubuntu cvss score
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| linux-gke | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Not affected
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 5.15.0-1014.17
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support, was needed | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| linux-xilinx | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| linux-nvidia-bos | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Not affected
|
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| linux-nvidia-7.0 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| linux-hwe-7.0 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |