What we’ve got here is failure to communicate: OS vendors misread CPU docs, create flaw

In a memorable scene from “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” Whoopi Goldberg struggles to understand the lyrics of the eponymous song from the Rolling Stones, as she pleads: “Mick, Mick, Mick, speak English!” It appears that multiple operating system vendors had similar trouble interpreting Intel and AMD...

Debian DSA-4196-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service. - CVE-2018-1087 Andy Lutomirski discovered that the KVM implementation did not properly handle DB exceptions while deferred by MOV SS/POP SS, allowing an unprivileged KVM...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4098)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4098 advisory. kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.20.7 - x86/entry/64: Dont use IST entry for BP stack Andy Lutomirski CVE-2018-8897 Tenable has extracted the preceding description blo...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4096)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4096 advisory. - x86/kernel/traps.c: fix tracedienotifier return value Kris Van Hees CVE-2018-8897 - x86/entry/64: Dont use IST entry for BP stack Andy Lutomirski...

Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first instruction after the...

Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first instruction after the...

Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first instruction after the...

Kernel: KVM: error in exception handling leads to wrong debug stack value

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first...

CVE-2018-8897

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...

CVE-2018-8897

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...

CVE-2018-8897

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8897

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...

FreeBSD -- Mishandling of x86 debug exceptions

Problem Description: The MOV SS and POP SS instructions inhibit debug exceptions until the instruction boundary following the next instruction. If that instruction is a system call or similar instruction that transfers control to the operating system, the debug exception will be handled in the...

CVE-2018-8897: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...