Description
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.20.6 performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel attacks.
References (14)
Core 14
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/979d63d50c0c0f7bc537bf821e056cc9fe5abd38
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d3bd7413e0ca40b60cf60d4003246d067cafdeda
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1711
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.6
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=979d63d50c0c0f7bc537bf821e056cc9fe5abd38
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3bd7413e0ca40b60cf60d4003246d067cafdeda
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106827
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43030517
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43030517?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Scores
CVSS v3
5.6
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-189
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.19.19
opensuse/leap
15.0
Published
Feb 01, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026