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The Linux kernel through 5.3.13 on powerpc allows...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 4, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The Linux kernel through 5.3.13 on powerpc allows Information Exposure because the Spectre-RSB mitigation is not in place for all applicable CPUs, aka CID-39e72bf96f58. This is related to arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S and arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 27, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Apr 4, 2024

Severity

Moderate
4.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-18660

GHSA ID

GHSA-vrqr-mqc4-gmrf

Source code

No known source code

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