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CVE-2020-10766

Publication date 10 June 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A logic bug flaw was found in Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of SSBD. A bug in the logic handling allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch when additional speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced when the per task/process conditional STIPB switching was added on top of the existing SSBD switching. 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 Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD) mitigations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-45.49
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-115.116
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-186.216
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1080.84
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1111.123
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-aws-5.0 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1080.84~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1023.23
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1093.103~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-azure-4.15 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1093.103
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1034.35~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1023.23~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1081.92~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1081.92
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1067.70
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1045.46
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-64.58~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-115.116~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-45.49~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1021.21
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1072.73
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1077.84
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-oem 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1094.104
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.6.0-1020.20
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1065.70
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1051.55
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1051.55~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1022.22~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1016.17
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1068.72
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1136.145
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-31.35
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1084.92
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1140.148
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
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

References

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