VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-18660
The Linux kernel before 5.4.1 on powerpc allows Information Exposure because the Spectre-RSB mitigation is not in place for all applicable CPUs, aka CID-39e72bf96f58.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.74%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Linux kernel before 5.4.1 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.74% probability · 52th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9adPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9adPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.