CVE-2022-26373 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Processors

What is CVE-2022-26373?

CVE-2022-26373 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26373?

It affects 492 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Intel Celeron 5305u Firmware, Intel Celeron 6305 Firmware, Intel Celeron 6305e Firmware, Intel Celeron 6600he Firmware, Intel Celeron 7300 Firmware and 486 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-26373?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-26373 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26373 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26373, GHSA-rw9q-5p4j-cc4j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26373.