Advisory Published

USN-3983-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

First published: Wed May 15 2019(Updated: )

USN-3983-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, Rodrigo Branco, Giorgi Maisuradze, Dan Horea Lutas, Andrei Lutas, Volodymyr Pikhur, Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, and Daniel Gruss discovered that memory previously stored in microarchitectural fill buffers of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the same CPU core. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12130) Brandon Falk, Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, Rodrigo Branco, Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida discovered that memory previously stored in microarchitectural load ports of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the same CPU core. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12127) Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, Rodrigo Branco, Marina Minkin, Daniel Moghimi, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Jo Van Bulck, Daniel Genkin, Daniel Gruss, Berk Sunar, Frank Piessens, and Yuval Yarom discovered that memory previously stored in microarchitectural store buffers of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the same CPU core. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12126) Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, Rodrigo Branco, Volodrmyr Pikhur, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida discovered that uncacheable memory previously stored in microarchitectural buffers of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the same CPU core. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-11091)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty<3.13.0.170.158
3.13.0.170.158
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client=12.04
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-170-generic<3.13.0-170.220~12.04.2+signed1
3.13.0-170.220~12.04.2+signed1
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client=12.04
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-170-lowlatency<3.13.0-170.220~12.04.2+signed1
3.13.0-170.220~12.04.2+signed1
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client=12.04
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-generic-lts-trusty<3.13.0.170.158
3.13.0.170.158
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client=12.04
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-170-generic-lpae<3.13.0-170.220~12.04.2
3.13.0-170.220~12.04.2
Ubuntu OpenSSH Client=12.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for this Linux kernel vulnerability?

    The vulnerability ID for this Linux kernel vulnerability is USN-3983-2.

  • What is the severity of USN-3983-2?

    The severity of USN-3983-2 is not mentioned in the description.

  • Which versions of Ubuntu are affected by USN-3983-2?

    USN-3983-2 affects Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

  • How do I fix USN-3983-2?

    To fix USN-3983-2, update the affected Linux kernel packages to the recommended versions.

  • Where can I find more information about USN-3983-2?

    You can find more information about USN-3983-2 on the Ubuntu Security Notices website.

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