Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1253)

There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1 which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations. This could lead to a kernel information disclosure. CVE-2019-1125 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1 which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations. This could lead to a kernel information disclosure. CVE-2019-1125 Affected Packages: kernel Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2...