Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/syscalls: Add spectre boundary for syscall dispatch table
The s390 syscall number is directly controlled by userspace, but does not have an array_index_nospec() boundary to prevent access past the syscall function pointer tables.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 4.18.0 (+8 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | Will Not Fix |
35 kernels
|
| Debian 13 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |