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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-18660: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-18660: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/27/2019
Created
01/23/2020
Added
01/22/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

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(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel

References

  • CVE-2019-18660
  • RHSA-2020:0174

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