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-default-extraUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-ec2Upgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-ec2-develUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-ec2-extraUpgrade kernel-obs-build | Sep 21, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1066-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1059-oemUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1019-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1024-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1061-azureUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1021-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1046-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1027-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1020-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1049-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.0Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1023-gkeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1048-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1052-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1056-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1124-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gke-4.15Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1128-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1060-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1020-kvmUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1023-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1096-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1047-gcpUpgrade linux-image-raspi2 | 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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