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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-4788: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2022:1988)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-4788: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2022:1988)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/20/2020
Created
05/14/2022
Added
05/13/2022
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

IBM Power9 (AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1) processors could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from the data in the L1 cache under extenuating circumstances. IBM X-Force ID: 189296.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel

References

  • CVE-2020-4788
  • 189296

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