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Medium
CVE-2019-18660
The Linux kernel before 5.4.1 on powerpc allows Information Exposure...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, ubuntu linux, fedora, leap, enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10, 30, 31, 15.1, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 27th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.