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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10766

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10766 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A logic bug flaw was found in Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of SSBD. A bug in the logic handling allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch when additional speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced when the per task/process conditional STIPB switching was added on top of the existing SSBD switching. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Sep 15, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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