Upstream information

CVE-2018-3693 at MITRE

Description

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a speculative buffer overflow and side-channel analysis.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.7
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.6 7.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required Low None
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This issue is actually a bug class, describing potentially affected code patterns that exists in several places throughout the Linux kernel and other software. Various instances of this bug-class are mitigated already by the general mitigation methods for the Spectre Variant 1. Additional fixes will be applied over time.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1087078 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1087084 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1101008 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • kernel >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-abi-whitelists >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-debug >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-debug-devel >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-devel >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-doc >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-headers >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-tools >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • perf >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
  • python-perf >= 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7
Patchnames:
RHSA-2018:2384


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source Ignore
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 kernel-default Unsupported
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_3 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Mar 27 16:15:33 2018
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 22 16:50:47 2024