A logic bug flaw was found in Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of SSBD. A bug in the logic handling allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch when additional speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced when the per task/process conditional STIPB switching was added on top of the existing SSBD switching. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade perfUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-4.14.181-142.260Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-livepatch-4.14.181-142.260-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-livepatch-4.14.186-146.268 | Jul 23, 2020 | Jul 23, 2020 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Jul 18, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-debuginfoUpgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-debugsourceUpgrade kernelUpgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2Upgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193-debuginfoUpgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193Upgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-debuginfoUpgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3Upgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_6_3-debugsourceUpgrade kpatch-patch-4_18_0-193_1_2-debugsourceUpgrade kernel-rt | Jul 23, 2020 | Jul 21, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Aug 17, 2020 | Aug 17, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernelUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libs | Jul 31, 2020 | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Jul 25, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade redhat-coreos | Dec 29, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel | Jul 23, 2020 | Jul 21, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-extra | Jun 20, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1023-azureUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1094-oemUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1140-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-azure-edgeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1068-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-186-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.4Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-115-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.3.0-64-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-45-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1111-awsUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.0Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1065-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-186-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1081-gcpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1067-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-45-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-186-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-186-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-5.3.0-1030-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1080-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.3.0-64-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.3Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1045-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.3.0-1032-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1022-gcpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1072-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1051-oracleUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1084-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-115-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-5.3.0-1034-azureUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-5.3Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1075-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-115-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gke-4.15Upgrade linux-image-aws-edgeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-186-genericUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1022-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-45-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.3.0-1032-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.3.0-1030-oracleUpgrade linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-186-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1022-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1077-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1136-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.4Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1093-azureUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-186-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-5.3.0-1032-gkeUpgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.3.0-64-generic | Aug 5, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 15, 2020 |
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