CVE-2019-7308
Moderate
CVE-2019-7308
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.20.6 performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel attacks.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
February 1, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-7308
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kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.20.6 performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel attacks.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=979d63d50c0c0f7bc537bf821e056cc9fe5abd38
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d3bd7413e0ca40b60cf60d4003246d067cafdeda
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106827
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1711
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/979d63d50c0c0f7bc537bf821e056cc9fe5abd38
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3bd7413e0ca40b60cf60d4003246d067cafdeda
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43030517
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43030517?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/