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CVE-2018-15572

CVSS v3.0 6.5 (Medium)
65% Progress
CVSS v2.0 2.1 (Low)
21% Progress
EPSS 0.06 % (27th)
0.06% Progress
Affected Products 3
Advisories 22
Info CVSS EPSS Affected Configurations References Security Advisories Packages & Software OVAL Tools, Exploits & PoC Graph Web & Social Timeline

The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks.

Weaknesses
CWE-NVD-noinfo
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2018-08-20 02:29:00
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2019-10-03 00:03:26
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Debian

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
  Debian Linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 4.18.1 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 4.18.1