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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-7308

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.20.6 performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel…

MEDIUM 5.6EPSS 0.54%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.20.6 performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel attacks.

CVSS 3.0
5.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.54% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-189
Affected
linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.