CVE-2020-10766

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.
Configurations

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10766 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10766 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dbbe2ad02e9df26e372f38cc3e70dab9222c832e - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dbbe2ad02e9df26e372f38cc3e70dab9222c832e - Patch, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-09-15 23:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:56


NVD link : CVE-2020-10766

Mitre link : CVE-2020-10766

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-10766


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-440

Expected Behavior Violation

NVD-CWE-noinfo