# CVE-2022-29900: Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-depend

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2022-07-12 · Updated: 2024-11-20

## Affected

- AMD AMD Processors: version range not reported

## Description

Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AMD AMD Processors, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-1037
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MYI3OMJ7RIZNL3C6GUWNANNPEUUID6FM/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/retbleed-intel-and-amd-processor-information-disclosure-vulnerability/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07
- https://github.com/abdul-kalam2000/retbleed-speculative-execution-poc

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