Information Exposure Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1
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EPSS
0.07% (32nd
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-3675048
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 28 Nov 2019
Introduced: 28 Nov 2019
CVE-2019-18660 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1372.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18660
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1372
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/
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