Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: information disclosure via Spectre Backport
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Linux, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 25/09/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass access restrictions to data via Spectre
Backport of the Linux kernel, in order to obtain sensitive
information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-information-disclosure-via-Spectre-Backport-30402