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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2018-15572: Vulnerability in Kernel

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2018-15572: Vulnerability in Kernel

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/20/2018
Created
05/31/2019
Added
05/30/2019
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-system-kernel-platform-0-5-11-0-175-3-36-0-27-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-system-zones-brand-brand-solaris-kz-0-5-11-0-175-3-36-0-18-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-consolidation-osnet-osnet-incorporation-11-4-11-4-9-0-1-5-0

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