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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025

CVE-2022-42331

CVE-2022-42331

Description

x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.

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