CVE-2019-7308

Medium

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.20.6 performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel attacks.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.6
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedFeb 1, 2019
First seenFeb 1, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.19.19, 4.20.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 4.19.19, 4.20.0 ≤ v < 4.20.64.19.19, 4.20.6
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10—
opensuse leap15.0—

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