RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:0113)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0113 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: use after free in...

CentOS 8 : kernel-rt (CESA-2024:0134)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2024:0134 advisory. - An integer overflow vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfxexecbuf.c in GPU component of Linux kernel with device file...

Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2023-7749)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7749 advisory. - x86/retpoline: Document some thunk handling aspects Borislav Petkov CVE-2023-20569 - objtool: Fix return thunk patching in retpolines Josh Poimboeuf...

CentOS 7 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2023:7513)

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7513 advisory. - A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative...

RHEL 7 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2023:7782)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7782 advisory. The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate. Security Fixes: hw amd: Retur...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

USN-6532-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20593 Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

RHEL 7 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2023:7513)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7513 advisory. The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate. Security Fixes: hw amd: Retur...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

kernel: AMD: Cross-Thread Return Address Predictions

A flaw was found in HW. When SMT is enabled, certain AMD processors may speculatively execute instructions using a target from the sibling thread after an SMT mode switch, potentially resulting in information disclosure...

Oracle Linux 8 : linux-firmware (ELSA-2023-7109)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7109 advisory. 20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8 - Update firmware for qat4xxx devices Orabug: 35811008 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

RHEL 8 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2023:7401)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7401 advisory. The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate. Security Fixes: hw amd: Retur...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:7370)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7370 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: tun: bugs for oversize packet...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

RHEL 7 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2023:7244)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7244 advisory. The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate. Security Fixes: hw amd: Retur...

amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure

A side channel vulnerability was found in hw amd. Some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This issue may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled instruction pointer register, potentially leading to information disclosure...

RHEL 8 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2023:7109)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7109 advisory. The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate. Security Fixes: hw amd: Return Address...

kernel: ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert()

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's ipmetricsconvert function, where improper handling of user input can potentially leak kernel memory via side channels. This issue is caused by the use of @type, a user-controlled input, which is an array within this function. If a CPU speculatively...