CVE-2020-10766

A logic bug flaw was found in Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of SSBD. A bug in the logic handling allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch when additional speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced when the per task/process conditional STIPB switching was added on top of the existing SSBD switching. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
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Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-09-15 16:15

Updated : 2020-09-23 06:18


NVD link : CVE-2020-10766

Mitre link : CVE-2020-10766


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel