Bug 1890355 (CVE-2020-8696)

Summary: CVE-2020-8696 hw: Vector Register Leakage-Active
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Wade Mealing <wmealing>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: esyr, pmatouse, poros, security-response-team, skozina
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OS: Linux   
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A flaw was found in the Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) implementation, where a local authenticated attacker with the ability to execute AVX instructions can gather the AVX register state from previous AVX executions. This vulnerability allows information disclosure of the AVX register state.
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Last Closed: 2020-11-11 14:21:22 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1893218, 1893219, 1893220, 1893221, 1893240, 1893241, 1893242, 1893243, 1893244, 1893245, 1893246, 1893247, 1893248, 1893249, 1893250, 1893251, 1893252, 1893253, 1893254    
Bug Blocks: 1890353    

Description Wade Mealing 2020-10-22 00:40:14 UTC
A flaw was found in the implementation of Intel  Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) where a local authenticated attacker with the ability to execute AVX instructions is able to gather AVX register state from previous AVX executions.


This could allow information disclosure of AVX register state.

Comment 3 Petr Matousek 2020-11-10 19:36:16 UTC
External References:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00381.html

Comment 4 Petr Matousek 2020-11-10 19:39:33 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: Intel

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-11 09:46:36 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:5085 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5085

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-11 10:00:29 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2020:5084 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5084

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-11 10:13:31 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:5083 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5083

Comment 11 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-11-11 14:21:22 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-8696

Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 17:37:51 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5184 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5184

Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 17:44:17 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5183 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5183

Comment 25 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 17:45:36 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5182 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5182

Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 17:46:58 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2020:5186 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5186

Comment 27 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 17:55:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5181 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5181

Comment 28 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 17:57:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5185 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5185

Comment 29 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 18:55:53 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5189 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5189

Comment 30 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 18:56:39 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5188 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5188

Comment 31 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-23 19:21:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5190 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5190

Comment 39 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-08 10:34:14 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5369 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5369

Comment 40 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-09 09:51:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:3027 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3027

Comment 41 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-09 10:09:38 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:3028 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3028

Comment 43 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-10 13:40:23 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3029 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3029

Comment 44 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-17 08:30:16 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3176 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3176

Comment 45 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-24 09:54:39 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3255 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3255

Comment 46 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-31 07:56:41 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3323 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3323

Comment 47 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-31 08:04:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3322 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3322

Comment 48 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-31 08:24:22 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3317 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3317

Comment 49 errata-xmlrpc 2021-08-31 09:21:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3364