Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
riscv: process: fix kernel info leakage
thread_struct’s s[12] may contain random kernel memory content, which may be finally leaked to userspace. This is a security hole. Fix it by clearing the s[12] array in thread_struct when fork.
As for kthread case, it’s better to clear the s[12] array as well.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 4.18.0 (+8 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
riscv: process: fix kernel info leakage
thread_struct’s s[12] may contain random kernel memory content, which may be finally leaked to userspace. This is a security hole. Fix it by clearing the s[12] array in thread_struct when fork.
As for kthread case, it’s better to clear the s[12] array as well.