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USN-3679-1 Not scored

qemu update

Ken Johnson and Jann Horn independently discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This update allows QEMU to expose new CPU features added by AMD microcode updates to guests on amd64 and i386.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published June 12, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change June 3, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS qemu

65 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS qemu

39 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS qemu

11 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities USN-3679-1

Ken Johnson and Jann Horn independently discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This update allows QEMU to expose new CPU features added by AMD microcode updates to guests on amd64 and i386.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence