CVE-2023-0045

The current implementation of the prctl syscall does not issue an IBPB immediately during the syscall. The ibprctlset function updates the Thread Information Flags TIFs for the task and updates the SPECCTRL MSR on the function speculationctrlupdate, but the IBPB is only issued on the next...

CVE-2023-0045

The CVE-2023-0045 entry concerns the Linux kernel Spectre v2 mitigation for prctl-based task toggling. The underlying issue is that IBPB is not issued immediately during the prctl syscall; ib_prctl_set updates TIFs and SPEC_CTRL MSR, but IBPB is only emitted on the next schedule after TIF checks....

CVE-2023-0045: Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

The current implementation of the prctl syscall does not issue an IBPB immediately during the syscall. The ibprctlset function updates the Thread Information Flags TIFs for the task and updates the SPECCTRL MSR on the function speculationctrlupdate, but the IBPB is only issued on the next...

CVE-2023-1998

CVE-2023-1998 affects the Linux kernel. Root cause: when using legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit is cleared on returning to userspace, disabling implicit STIBP and leaving some spectre-BTI protections ineffective; attackers on a local machine could exploit cross-thread branch target injection despite mit...

CVE-2023-1998

The Linux kernel allows userspace processes to enable mitigations by calling prctl with PRSETSPECULATIONCTRL which disables the speculation feature as well as by using seccomp. We had noticed that on VMs of at least one major cloud provider, the kernel still left the victim process exposed to...

CVE-2023-1998

The Linux kernel allows userspace processes to enable mitigations by calling prctl with PRSETSPECULATIONCTRL which disables the speculation feature as well as by using seccomp. We had noticed that on VMs of at least one major cloud provider, the kernel still left the victim process exposed to...

Linux Kernel 6.2 - Userspace Processes To Enable Mitigation Exploit

Exploit Title: Linux Kernel 6.2 - Userspace Processes To Enable Mitigation Exploit Author: nu11secur1ty CVE ID: CVE-2023-1998 Description Summary The Linux kernel allows userspace processes to enable mitigations by calling prctl with PRSETSPECULATIONCTRL which disables the speculation feature as...

USN-6030-1: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index TCINDEX implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-1281 It was discovered that the System V IPC...

SUSE CVE-2023-1998

The Linux kernel allows userspace processes to enable mitigations by calling prctl with PRSETSPECULATIONCTRL which disables the speculation feature as well as by using seccomp. We had noticed that on VMs of at least one major cloud provider, the kernel still left the victim process exposed to...

Linux kernel prctl Access Information Disclosure

The vulnerability of the prctl function in the Linux operating system’s kernel is caused by incorrect implementation of optimizations. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain access to protected information using the PRSETSPECULATIONCTRL parameter...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities (USN-6009-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6009-1 advisory. It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle large shared memory counts. A local attacker could use...

USN-6009-1 linux-gcp vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle large shared memory counts. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2021-3669 It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the SGI GRU...

USN-6004-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle indirect branch prediction isolation between L1 and L2 VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to expose sensitive information from the host OS or other guest VMs. CVE-2022-2196 It was discovered...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5987-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5987-1 advisory. It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle indirect branch prediction isolation between L1...

USN-5991-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle large shared memory counts. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2021-3669 It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the SGI GRU...

USN-5991-1 linux-gcp-4.15 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle large shared memory counts. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2021-3669 It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the SGI GRU...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5984-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5984-1 advisory. It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle large shared memory counts. A local attacker could use...

USN-5979-1 linux-hwe-5.19 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle indirect branch prediction isolation between L1 and L2 VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to expose sensitive information from the host OS or other guest VMs. CVE-2022-2196 It was discovered...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-5979-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5979-1 advisory. It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle indirect branch prediction isolation between L1 and L2 VMs...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5982-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5982-1 advisory. It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle indirect branch prediction isolation between L1...