CVE-2018-3639

Published: 21 May 2018

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), Variant 4.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.

Notes

"Variant 4"
The break-fix lines for this CVE are not complete since a large
number of patches are required to mitigate this issue. The commit(s) listed
are chosen as placeholders for automated CVE triage purposes.

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