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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29901 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29901

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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published July 12, 2022
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-fips

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

95 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

74 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

108 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

86 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

49 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux

152 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

85 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

71 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

88 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

73 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

96 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

91 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

49 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

129 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

63 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure

101 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

80 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-dell300x

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

72 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws

108 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

123 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

26 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29901

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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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence