CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-10768

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the prctl() function, where it can be used to enable indirect branch speculation after it has been disabled. This call incorrectly reports it as being 'force disabled' when it is not and opens the system to Spectre v2 attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10768 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d8df8cbb9156b0a0ab3f802b80cb5db57acc0bf Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-09-16 12:15

Updated : 2020-09-22 07:10

NVD link : CVE-2020-10768

Mitre link : CVE-2020-10768

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo