In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpu: Re-enable CPU mitigations by default for !X86 architectures

Rename x86's to CPU_MITIGATIONS, define it in generic code, and force it
on for all architectures exception x86. A recent commit to turn
mitigations off by default if SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n kinda sorta
missed that "cpu_mitigations" is completely generic, whereas
SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS is x86-specific.

Rename x86's SPECULATIVE_MITIGATIONS instead of keeping both and have it
select CPU_MITIGATIONS, as having two configs for the same thing is
unnecessary and confusing. This will also allow x86 to use the knob to
manage mitigations that aren't strictly related to speculative
execution.

Use another Kconfig to communicate to common code that CPU_MITIGATIONS
is already defined instead of having x86's menu depend on the common
CPU_MITIGATIONS. This allows keeping a single point of contact for all
of x86's mitigations, and it's not clear that other architectures *want*
to allow disabling mitigations at compile-time.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6952-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6955-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Sun, 04 May 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:10:10.368Z

Reserved: 2024-05-17T13:50:33.148Z

Link: CVE-2024-35996

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:30:12.399Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-20T10:15:13.670

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:21:23.480

Link: CVE-2024-35996

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-35996 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:16:15Z

Weaknesses

No weakness.