In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: errata: Add Cortex-A520 speculative unprivileged load workaround Implement the workaround for ARM Cortex-A520 erratum 2966298. On an affected Cortex-A520 core, a speculatively executed unprivileged load might leak data from a privileged load via a cache side channel. The issue only exists for loads within a translation regime with the same translation (e.g. same ASID and VMID). Therefore, the issue only affects the return to EL0. The workaround is to execute a TLBI before returning to EL0 after all loads of privileged data. A non-shareable TLBI to any address is sufficient. The workaround isn't necessary if page table isolation (KPTI) is enabled, but for simplicity it will be. Page table isolation should normally be disabled for Cortex-A520 as it supports the CSV3 feature and the E0PD feature (used when KASLR is enabled).
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-02-29T05:43:12.630Z

Updated: 2024-11-04T20:07:29.567Z

Reserved: 2024-02-20T12:30:33.301Z

Link: CVE-2023-52481

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:19.935Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-02-29T06:15:46.060

Modified: 2024-11-04T20:35:02.537

Link: CVE-2023-52481

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-02-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52481 - Bugzilla