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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2022-49611 json

x86/speculation: Fill RSB on vmexit for IBRS

published 2025-02-26 20 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2022-54621

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/speculation: Fill RSB on vmexit for IBRS

Prevent RSB underflow/poisoning attacks with RSB. While at it, add a bunch of comments to attempt to document the current state of tribal knowledge about RSB attacks and what exactly is being mitigated.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 3.3, 3.17, 4.5, 4.10, 4.14.297, 4.19.266, 5.4.217, 5.10.133, 5.15.57, 5.18.14, 5.19
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.18.14-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49611

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-204.215
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-132.148
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-46.49
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1150.163
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1089.97
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1017.21
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1093.102
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1016.21

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49611

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  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:8973RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2022:7110

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, Enterprise Storage 7.1 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +5 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +3 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-49611 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: x86/speculation: Fill RSB on vmexit for IBRS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7683
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) perf 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8973
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, bpftool 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, perf 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6, +36 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7110
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) kernel 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.36.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8973
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6 Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7110
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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