CVE-2024-2201

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

19/12/2024

Last modified:

09/01/2025

Description

A cross-privilege Spectre v2 vulnerability allows attackers to bypass all deployed mitigations, including the recent Fine(IBT), and to leak arbitrary Linux kernel memory on Intel systems.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

4.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/09/15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/07/7
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-456.html
https://github.com/vusec/inspectre-gadget?tab=readme-ov-file
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QKNCPX7CJUK4I6BRGABAUQK2DMQZUCA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D5OK6MH75S7YWD34EWW7QIZTS627RIE3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RYAZ7P6YFJ2E3FHKAGIKHWS46KYMMTZH/
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/branch-history-injection.htm
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155143