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Intel and Microsoft share vital mitigations for the CVE-2022-0001 vulnerability
The vulnerability affects a wide array of Intel CPUs
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Published onApril 16, 2024
published onApril 16, 2024
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InMarch‘24, researchers discovered a Branch History Injection(BHI)vulnerability,CVE-2022-0001, in Intel CPUs where attackers could manipulate the branch history. This exposed critical information on the device.
As perIntel’s official website, the vulnerability can be described as,
TheCVE-2022-0001vulnerability in Intel CPUs was a major security threat, given the large number ofaffected processors. Subsequently, mitigations had to be quickly shared to minimize the damage!
Microsoft and Intel share mitigations to counter CVE-2022-0001
Microsoft, on its part, recommends modifying the Registry to eliminate the risks posed by theBranch History Injectionvulnerability. On thededicated vulnerability page, it suggests the following changes:
Remember, these are to be manually applied only to Windows devices running Intel processors. Also, back up the Registry before making the changes. Or, in case things go wrong, you can alwaysundo changes to the Registryor evenrestore the Registry without a backup.
These mitigations may also affect the performance but are your best bet until Microsoft or Intel discovers a more viable solution forCVE-2022-0001.
As for the CPU manufacturer, Intel hasshared mitigations on the official websiteto protect the branch history. Intel also states that its future processors may contain mitigations forCVE-2022-0001on the hardware level, and you won’t have to manually enforce them!
We recommend all users make the changes recommended by Intel and Microsoft as theBranch History Injectionvulnerability poses a great risk on unprotected systems. There’s no way around it!
Such vulnerabilities arise from time to time, and a fix is shared soon. For instance, another recent vulnerability,Rust CVE-2024-24576, allowed hackers to quickly gain access to your systems. To counter this, you had to update theRust storage libraryto version1.77.2.
If you face any problems enforcing the mitigations, let us know in the comments section.
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Kazim Ali Alvi
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