Bug 1777825 (CVE-2019-18660) - CVE-2019-18660 kernel: powerpc: incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to information exposure
Summary: CVE-2019-18660 kernel: powerpc: incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to in...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-18660
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1777686 1777710 1777826 1778342 1793856 1794056 1796810 1811553 1811554 1827626
Blocks: 1777827
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Reported: 2019-11-28 12:06 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2023-05-12 21:17 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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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.
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Last Closed: 2020-01-21 20:10:02 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:0174 0 None None None 2020-01-21 15:50:19 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1016 0 None None None 2020-03-31 19:12:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1372 0 None None None 2020-04-07 12:24:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1984 0 None None None 2020-04-30 17:16:18 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:2429 0 None None None 2020-06-09 18:45:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:2851 0 None None None 2020-07-07 09:52:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:2933 0 None None None 2020-07-15 07:25:04 UTC

Description msiddiqu 2019-11-28 12:06:13 UTC 
An issue was found in the way Linux kernel implemented software flush of the Count Cache (indirect branch cache) and Link (Return Address) Stack on 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.

Upstream commit: 
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  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad
  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/af2e8c68b9c5403f77096969c516f742f5bb29e0

References:
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  -> https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/27/1
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2019-11-28 12:06:45 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1777826]
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2020-01-21 15:50:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:0174 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-01-21 20:10:02 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-2019-18660
Comment 8 Prasad Pandit 2020-01-22 07:06:49 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and 8. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and 8 may address this issue.

This issue does not affect the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2020-03-31 19:12:05 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:1016 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1016
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-07 12:23:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:1372 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1372
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-30 17:16:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:1984 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1984
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2020-06-09 18:45:02 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2020:2429 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2429
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2020-07-07 09:52:03 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:2851 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2851
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2020-07-15 07:25:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2020:2933 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2933
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