Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative
execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory
reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A
local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information,
including kernel memory. This update provides mitigations for the
i386 (CVE-2017-5753 only), amd64, ppc64el, and s390x architectures.
(CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753)
USN-3523-1 mitigated CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) for the amd64
architecture in Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding
mitigations for the ppc64el architecture. Original advisory details:
Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative
execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory
reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including
kernel memory. (CVE-2017-5754)
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | linux-image-4.13.0-31-generic | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | block-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | crypto-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | fat-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | fb-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | firewire-core-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | floppy-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | fs-core-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | fs-secondary-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | input-modules-4.13.0-31-generic-di | < 4.13.0-31.34 | UNKNOWN |