Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/CPU: Fix FPDSS on Zen1
Zen1’s hardware divider can leave, under certain circumstances, partial results from previous operations. Those results can be leaked by another, attacker thread.
Fix that with a chicken bit.
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:
x86/CPU: Fix FPDSS on Zen1
Zen1’s hardware divider can leave, under certain circumstances, partial results from previous operations. Those results can be leaked by another, attacker thread.
Fix that with a chicken bit.