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SUSE: CVE-2018-15572: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-15572: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/19/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
09/17/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:2538-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2539-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2775-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2776-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2858-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2862-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2879-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2907-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3084-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3088-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3961-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1289-1
  • USN-3775-1
  • USN-3775-2
  • USN-3776-1
  • USN-3776-2
  • USN-3777-1
  • USN-3777-2
  • USN-3777-3
  • DSA-4308
  • CVE-2018-15572
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