vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-18660: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 27, 2019 | Jan 22, 2020 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 27, 2019
Added
Jan 22, 2020
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
The Linux kernel before 5.4.1 on powerpc allows Information Exposure because the Spectre-RSB mitigation is not in place for all applicable CPUs, aka CID-39e72bf96f58. This is related to arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S and arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c.
Solution
centos-upgrade-kernel
References
Rapid7 Labs
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