The vulnerability of Intel processors lies in a leak in the store buffer for results of read operations from vector registers, which allows an attacker to disclose protected information.

The vulnerability of Intel processors is related to a buffer overflow issue in the store buffer, which handles results of read operations from vector registers. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to disclose protected information...

PT-2011-2575 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.38-rc4-next-20110216 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain the values of the registers of an arbitrary process by reading a status file under /proc/. This is due to a problem in the task show...