CVE-2019-18660
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
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 Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.74%• Percentile: 53%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
Affected Systems
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04 | 19.10
- debian•linux
< 5.3.15-1 | < 5.3.15-1 | < 5.3.15-1 | < 5.3.15-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-171.200 | < 4.15.0-74.84
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1060.64 | < 4.4.0-1100.111 | < 4.15.0-1057.59
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
< 5.0.0-1023.26~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1057.59~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1066.71~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1066.71 | < 5.0.0-1028.30~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
< 5.3.0-1009.10~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
< 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1027.32 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1052.56 | < 5.0.0-1028.29~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
< 5.3.0-1010.11~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1050.53
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.0
< 5.0.0-1027.28~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-74.83~16.04.1 | < 5.3.0-26.28~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1064.71 | < 4.15.0-1052.52
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-171.200~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1066.76
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1033.38
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1031.34~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1031.34
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
< 5.0.0-1009.14~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1127.136 | < 4.15.0-1053.57 | all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1131.139 | < 4.15.0-1070.77
- fedoraproject•fedora
30 | 31
- linux•linux_kernel
< 5.4.1
- opensuse•leap
15.1
- redhat•enterprise_linux
6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0
References (28)
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18660
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4225-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4226-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4227-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4228-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4227-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4228-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4225-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18660
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18660