CVE-2018-15572

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.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.1 Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.1 Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.1 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.1 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 - Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346 - Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-08-20 02:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:51


NVD link : CVE-2018-15572

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15572

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-15572


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux