CVE-2019-18660

kernel: powerpc: incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to information exposure

Severity Score

4.7

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El kernel de Linux anterior a la versión 5.4.1 en powerpc permite la exposición de información porque la mitigación Spectre-RSB no está implementada para todas las CPU aplicables, también conocido como CID-39e72bf96f58. Esto está relacionado con arch / powerpc / kernel / entry_64.S y arch / powerpc / kernel / security.c.

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel implemented a software flush of the Count Cache (indirect branch cache) and Link (Return Address) Stack on the PowerPC platform. The flushing of these structures helps to prevent SpectreRSB like attacks which may leak information from one user process to another. An unprivileged user could use this flaw to cross the syscall or process boundary and read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-11-02 CVE Reserved
2019-11-27 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html	Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1	2023-11-07
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad	2023-11-07
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174	2023-11-07
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18660	2020-07-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1777825	2020-07-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 5.4.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.4.1"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				19.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				19.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.10"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				30 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "30"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				31 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "31"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected