Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4302-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4302-1 advisory. Paulo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel could improperly let a nested level 2 guest access the...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5569)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5569 advisory. - mwifiex: fix unbalanced locking in mwifiexprocesscountryie Brian Norris Orabug: 30781858 CVE-2019-14895 - mwifiex: fix possible heap overflow in...

Kernel: KVM: export MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL to guest - incomplete fix for TAA (CVE-2019-11135)

A flaw was found in the fix for CVE-2019-11135, the way Intel CPUs handle speculative execution of instructions when a TSX Asynchronous Abort TAA error occurs. When a guest is running on a host CPU affected by the TAA flaw TAANO=0, but is not affected by the MDS issue MDSNO=1, the guest was to...

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The openSUSE Leap 15.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2019-14615: Insufficient control flow in certain data structures for some IntelR Processors with IntelR Processor Graphics may have allowed an unauthenticated user to...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1 Rating: important References: 1046303 1050244 1050549 1051510 1051858 1060463 1061840 1065600 1065729 1071995 1083647 1085030 1086301 1086313 1086314 1088810 1090888 1103989 1103990 1103991...

Multiple Intel products inject vulnerabilities

The Intel Core i5 processor and the Intel Core i7 processor are both products of Intel Corporation.The Intel Core i5 processor is a Core i5 series central processing unit CPU.The Intel Core i7 processor is a Core i7 series central processing unit CPU. The Intel Core i7 processor is a Core i7 seri...

CVE-2020-0550

Improper data forwarding in some data cache for some IntelR Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00330:...

CVE-2020-0551

Load value injection in some IntelR Processors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00334:...

Design/Logic Flaw

Load value injection in some IntelR Processors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00334:...

Improper access control

Improper access control in the subsystem for IntelR Smart Sound Technology may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. This affects Intel® Smart Sound Technology before versions: 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors, version 3431 and 8th...

Input validation

Improper data forwarding in some data cache for some IntelR Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00330:...

CVE-2020-0551

Load value injection in some IntelR Processors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00334:...

CVE-2020-0550

Improper data forwarding in some data cache for some IntelR Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00330:...

CVE-2020-0550: Undefined Security Weakness

Improper data forwarding in some data cache for some IntelR Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00330:...

CVE-2020-0551: Undefined Security Weakness

Load value injection in some IntelR Processors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00334:...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-0551

Load value injection in some IntelR Processors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00334:...

CVE-2020-0551

Load value injection in some IntelR Processors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00334:...

CVE-2020-0550

Improper data forwarding in some data cache for some IntelR Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00330:...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-0550

Improper data forwarding in some data cache for some IntelR Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00330:...

LVI Attacks: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Puts Data Centers At Risk

It appears there is no end in sight to the hardware level security vulnerabilities in Intel processors, as well as to the endless 'performance killing' patches that resolve them. Modern Intel CPUs have now been found vulnerable to a new attack that involves reversely exploiting Meltdown-type data...