CVE-2019-18660

kernel: powerpc: incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to information exposure

Published Nov 27, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8377 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4225-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4225-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4226-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4227-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4227-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4228-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4228-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 1:54 AM
Reserved
Nov 2, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 27, 2019, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 28, 2019, 12:00 AM