Security Features Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.18.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004953
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Aug 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15594  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.18.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Security Features arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1