Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Release Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PERF-7159678
  • published29 May 2024
  • disclosed7 Nov 2022

Introduced: 7 Nov 2022

CVE-2023-3006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-226  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3462.

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.

A known cache speculation vulnerability, known as Branch History Injection (BHI) or Spectre-BHB, becomes actual again for the new hw AmpereOne. Spectre-BHB is similar to Spectre v2, except that malicious code uses the shared branch history (stored in the CPU Branch History Buffer, or BHB) to influence mispredicted branches within the victim's hardware context. Once that occurs, speculation caused by the mispredicted branches can cause cache allocation. This issue leads to obtaining information that should not be accessible.

CVSS Scores

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