Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-35996

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  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpu: Re-enable CPU mitigations by
    default for !X86 architectures Rename x86's to CPU_MITIGATIONS, define it in generic code, and force it on
    for all architectures exception x86. A recent commit to turn mitigations off by default if
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    This will also allow x86 to use the knob to manage mitigations that aren't strictly related to speculative
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}