vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-10767: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2020-1401)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jun 19, 2020 | Jul 18, 2020 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jun 19, 2020
Added
Jul 18, 2020
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of the Enhanced IBPB (Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier). The IBPB mitigation will be disabled when STIBP is not available or when the Enhanced Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation (IBRS) is available. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform a Spectre V2 style attack when this configuration is active. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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