A backporting error was discovered in the Linux stable/longterm kernel 4.4.x through 4.4.190, 4.9.x through 4.9.190, 4.14.x through 4.14.141, 4.19.x through 4.19.69, and 5.2.x through 5.2.11. Misuse of the upstream "x86/ptrace: Fix possible spectre-v1 in ptrace_get_debugreg()" commit reintroduced the Spectre vulnerability that it aimed to eliminate. This occurred because the backport process depends on cherry picking specific commits, and because two (correctly ordered) code lines were swapped.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.6
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Sep 26, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-ec2Upgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-ec2-develUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-ec2-extraUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-azure-base | Sep 21, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1027-oracleUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1019-awsUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1066-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1046-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1024-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-genericUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1021-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1059-oemUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1061-azureUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1052-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1023-gkeUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1023-azureUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1020-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1048-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1049-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1020-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1096-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1124-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1128-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-genericUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.0Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1060-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1056-awsUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1047-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gke-4.15 | Oct 18, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 4, 2019 |
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