CVE-2018-15572
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2018-08-19 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
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.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Changed |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4261 | 2018-10-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4261 | 2018-10-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4270 | 2018-11-08 |
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