Information Exposure Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-754.31.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-2161395
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Nov 2019

Introduced: 28 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18660  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:2.6.32-754.31.1.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Linux kernel before 5.4.1 on powerpc allows Information Exposure because the Spectre-RSB mitigation is not in place for all applicable CPUs, aka CID-39e72bf96f58. This is related to arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S and arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c.

CVSS Scores

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