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CVE-2020-10767

Published: 10 June 2020

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of the Enhanced IBPB (Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier). The IBPB mitigation will be disabled when STIBP is not available or when the Enhanced Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation (IBRS) is available. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform a Spectre V2 style attack when this configuration is active. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly apply Indirect Branch Predictor Barrier (IBPB) mitigations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-115.116)
eoan Ignored
(end of life, was pending)
focal
Released (5.4.0-45.49)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-186.216)
Patches:
Introduced by

7cc765a67d8e04ef7d772425ca5a2a1e2b894c15

Fixed by 21998a351512eba4ed5969006f0c55882d995ada
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1080.84)
eoan Ignored
(end of life, was pending)
focal
Released (5.4.0-1022.22)
trusty
Released (4.4.0-1075.79)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1111.123)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.2)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1080.84~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
eoan Ignored
(end of life, was pending)
focal
Released (5.4.0-1023.23)
trusty
Released (4.15.0-1093.103~14.04.1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1093.103~16.04.1)
linux-azure-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1093.103)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1034.35~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1023.23~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
eoan Ignored
(end of life, was pending)
focal
Released (5.4.0-1022.22)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1081.92~16.04.1)
linux-gcp-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1081.92)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1067.70)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1045.46)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-64.58~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-115.116~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-45.49~18.04.2)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1072.73)
eoan Ignored
(end of life, was pending)
focal
Released (5.4.0-1021.21)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1077.84)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty
Released (4.4.0-186.216~14.04.1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1094.104)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal
Released (5.6.0-1020.20)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1065.70)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1051.55)
eoan Ignored
(end of life, was pending)
focal
Released (5.4.0-1022.22)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1051.55~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal
Released (5.4.0-1016.17)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1068.72)
eoan Ignored
(end of life, was pending)
focal Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1136.145)
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.2)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-riscv
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal
Released (5.4.0-31.35)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1084.92)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.8~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1140.148)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N