vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3548-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 26, 2018
Added
Jan 26, 2018
Modified
Feb 19, 2025

Description


Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux kernel, introduced as part of the mitigations for the Spectre vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solutions

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