Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm ioctl: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget
It appears like cmd could be a Spectre v1 gadget as it’s supplied by a user and used as an array index. Prevent the contents of kernel memory from being leaked to userspace via speculative execution by using array_index_nospec.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 3.10.0 (+18 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | Released |
44 kernels
|
| Amazon Linux 2 5.10 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Amazon Linux 2 5.4 | Will Not Fix | — |
| CentOS 7 ELS | Released |
19 kernels
|
| Debian 11 | Planned | — |
| RHEL 8 | Planned | — |
| RHEL8 EUS 8.6 | Released |
42 kernels
|
| RHEL 9 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 AWS Focal | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |