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This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Description
The current implementation of the prctl syscall does not issue an IBPB immediately during the syscall. The ib_prctl_set function updates the Thread Information Flags (TIFs) for the task and updates the SPEC_CTRL MSR on the function __speculation_ctrl_update, but the IBPB is only issued on the next schedule, when the TIF bits are checked. This leaves the victim vulnerable to values already injected on the BTB, prior to the prctl syscall. The patch that added the support for the conditional mitigation via prctl (ib_prctl_set) dates back to the kernel 4.9.176.
We recommend upgrading past commit a664ec9158eeddd75121d39c9a0758016097fa96
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*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.16.68 up to (excluding) 3.17
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.4.180 up to (excluding) 4.5
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.9.176 up to (excluding) 4.10
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.14.86 up to (excluding) 4.14.303
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions fr
Modified Analysis by NIST8/02/2023 1:12:51 PM
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Reference Type
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-9x5g-vmxf-4qj8 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-9x5g-vmxf-4qj8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory