CVE-2018-15572
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15572
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-15572.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-15572
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-08-20T02:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-04T07:28:53.534518Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The spectrev2select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdf82a7856b32d905c39afc85e34364491e46346
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.1