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...

OESA-2023-1143 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: The Linux kernel does not correctly mitigate SMT attacks, as discovered through a strange pattern in the kernel API using STIBP as a mitigation1 https://docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/specctrl.html, leaving the process exposed for...