medium
5.6
CWE
200
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2019-18660: Infoleak

First published: Wed Nov 27 2019(Updated: )

Linux Kernel for PowerPC could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to activate the mitigation for Spectre-RSB on context switch. By using side channel attacks, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/kernel<0:2.6.32-754.31.1.el6
0:2.6.32-754.31.1.el6
redhat/kernel-alt<0:4.14.0-115.17.1.el7a
0:4.14.0-115.17.1.el7a
redhat/kernel<0:3.10.0-1127.el7
0:3.10.0-1127.el7
redhat/kernel<0:3.10.0-957.56.1.el7
0:3.10.0-957.56.1.el7
redhat/kernel<0:3.10.0-1062.21.1.el7
0:3.10.0-1062.21.1.el7
redhat/kernel<0:4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1
0:4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1
redhat/kernel<0:4.18.0-80.23.2.el8_0
0:4.18.0-80.23.2.el8_0
IBM Data Risk Manager<=2.0.6
Linux Linux kernel<5.4.1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.10
Fedoraproject Fedora=30
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
openSUSE Leap=15.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
ubuntu/linux<4.15.0-74.84
4.15.0-74.84
ubuntu/linux<5.0.0-38.41
5.0.0-38.41
ubuntu/linux<5.3.0-26.28
5.3.0-26.28
ubuntu/linux<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux<4.4.0-171.200
4.4.0-171.200
ubuntu/linux-aws<4.15.0-1057.59
4.15.0-1057.59
ubuntu/linux-aws<5.0.0-1023.26
5.0.0-1023.26
ubuntu/linux-aws<5.3.0-1009.10
5.3.0-1009.10
ubuntu/linux-aws<4.4.0-1060.64
4.4.0-1060.64
ubuntu/linux-aws<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-aws<4.4.0-1100.111
4.4.0-1100.111
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0<5.0.0-1023.26~18.04.1
5.0.0-1023.26~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe<4.15.0-1057.59~16.04.1
4.15.0-1057.59~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.0.0-1028.30~18.04.1
5.0.0-1028.30~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.0.0-1028.30
5.0.0-1028.30
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.3.0-1009.10
5.3.0-1009.10
ubuntu/linux-azure<4.15.0-1066.71~14.04.1
4.15.0-1066.71~14.04.1
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-azure<4.15.0-1066.71
4.15.0-1066.71
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3<5.3.0-1009.10~18.04.1
5.3.0-1009.10~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-azure-edge<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.0.0-1028.29~18.04.1
5.0.0-1028.29~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.0.0-1028.29
5.0.0-1028.29
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.3.0-1011.12
5.3.0-1011.12
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-gcp<4.15.0-1052.56
4.15.0-1052.56
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3<5.3.0-1010.11~18.04.1
5.3.0-1010.11~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-gcp-edge<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15<4.15.0-1050.53
4.15.0-1050.53
ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-gke-5.0<5.0.0-1027.28~18.04.1
5.0.0-1027.28~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-gke-5.0<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-gke-5.3<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-hwe<5.3.0-26.28~18.04.1
5.3.0-26.28~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-hwe<4.15.0-74.83~16.04.1
4.15.0-74.83~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-kvm<4.15.0-1052.52
4.15.0-1052.52
ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.0.0-1024.26
5.0.0-1024.26
ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.3.0-1009.10
5.3.0-1009.10
ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-kvm<4.4.0-1064.71
4.4.0-1064.71
ubuntu/linux-lts-trusty<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-lts-xenial<4.4.0-171.200~14.04.1
4.4.0-171.200~14.04.1
ubuntu/linux-lts-xenial<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-oem<4.15.0-1066.76
4.15.0-1066.76
ubuntu/linux-oem<4.15.0-1066.76
4.15.0-1066.76
ubuntu/linux-oem<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-oem-osp1<5.0.0-1033.38
5.0.0-1033.38
ubuntu/linux-oem-osp1<5.0.0-1033.38
5.0.0-1033.38
ubuntu/linux-oem-osp1<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-oracle<4.15.0-1031.34
4.15.0-1031.34
ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.0.0-1009.14
5.0.0-1009.14
ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.3.0-1008.9
5.3.0-1008.9
ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-oracle<4.15.0-1031.34~16.04.1
4.15.0-1031.34~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0<5.0.0-1009.14~18.04.1
5.0.0-1009.14~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-raspi2<4.15.0-1053.57
4.15.0-1053.57
ubuntu/linux-raspi2<5.0.0-1024.25
5.0.0-1024.25
ubuntu/linux-raspi2<5.3.0-1015.17
5.3.0-1015.17
ubuntu/linux-raspi2<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-raspi2<4.4.0-1127.136
4.4.0-1127.136
ubuntu/linux-raspi2-5.3<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-snapdragon<4.15.0-1070.77
4.15.0-1070.77
ubuntu/linux-snapdragon<5.5~
5.5~
ubuntu/linux-snapdragon<4.4.0-1131.139
4.4.0-1131.139
debian/linux
4.19.249-2
4.19.304-1
5.10.209-2
5.10.216-1
6.1.76-1
6.1.90-1
6.7.12-1
6.8.9-1

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1

Remedy

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad

Remedy

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1

Remedy

https://git.kernel.org/linus/1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Remedy

https://git.kernel.org/linus/39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad

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