A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the prctl() function, where it can be used to enable indirect branch speculation after it has been disabled. This call incorrectly reports it as being 'force disabled' when it is not and opens the system to Spectre v2 attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-09-15T23:13:30

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:14:15.299Z

Reserved: 2020-03-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-10768

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-16T00:15:11.943

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:14:22.500

Link: CVE-2020-10768

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-06-09T14:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-10768 - Bugzilla