CVE-2024-50112
Intel x86 Linear Address Masking (LAM) vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/lam: Disable ADDRESS_MASKING in most cases Linear Address Masking (LAM) has a weakness related to transient execution as described in the SLAM paper[1]. Unless Linear Address Space Separation (LASS) is enabled this weakness may be exploitable. Until kernel adds support for LASS[2], only allow LAM for COMPILE_TEST, or when speculation mitigations have been disabled at compile time, otherwise keep LAM disabled. There are no processors in market that support LAM yet, so currently nobody is affected by this issue. [1] SLAM: https://download.vusec.net/papers/slam_sp24.pdf [2] LASS: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/ [ dhansen: update SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS -> CPU_MITIGATIONS ]
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 5, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 8, 2024, 8:36 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 08, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3267cb6d3a174ff83d6287dcd5b0047bbd912452 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3267cb6d3a174ff83d6287dcd5b0047bbd912452 Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a5ba560f296ad8da153f6ad3f70030bfa3958f No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a5ba560f296ad8da153f6ad3f70030bfa3958f Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/690599066488d16db96ac0d6340f9372fc56f337 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/690599066488d16db96ac0d6340f9372fc56f337 Patch Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.6.59 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.11.6 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Nov. 05, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/lam: Disable ADDRESS_MASKING in most cases Linear Address Masking (LAM) has a weakness related to transient execution as described in the SLAM paper[1]. Unless Linear Address Space Separation (LASS) is enabled this weakness may be exploitable. Until kernel adds support for LASS[2], only allow LAM for COMPILE_TEST, or when speculation mitigations have been disabled at compile time, otherwise keep LAM disabled. There are no processors in market that support LAM yet, so currently nobody is affected by this issue. [1] SLAM: https://download.vusec.net/papers/slam_sp24.pdf [2] LASS: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/ [ dhansen: update SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS -> CPU_MITIGATIONS ] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a5ba560f296ad8da153f6ad3f70030bfa3958f [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/690599066488d16db96ac0d6340f9372fc56f337 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3267cb6d3a174ff83d6287dcd5b0047bbd912452 [No types assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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