Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-46774powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sys_rtas()

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sys_rtas() Smatch warns: arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:1932 __do_sys_rtas() warn: potential spectre issue 'args.args' [r] (local cap) The 'nargs' and 'nret' locals come directly from a user-supplied buffer and are used as indexes into a small stack-based array and as inputs to copy_to_user() after they are subject to bounds checks. Use array_index_nospec() after the bounds checks to clamp these values for speculative execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46774
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DSA-5907-1
Debian:13linux6.10.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46774
Debian:14linux6.10.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-144.157UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-144.157USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-50.51UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1088.95UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1088.95USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1020.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1094.103USN-7711-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1094.103UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1020.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1094.103.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1087.96USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1087.96UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1085.91USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1085.91UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1015.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1070.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1070.78USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1080.83USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1080.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1017.17~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1083.89USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1083.89UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1084.89USN-7654-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1084.89UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-144.157USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-144.157UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1082.83USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1082.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1019.21.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1041.41UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1041.41USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1030.30USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1030.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1085.91USN-7654-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1085.91UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1083.86UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1083.86USN-7686-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1052.56USN-7654-5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1052.56UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before d2834ff1d9641a8695a09ea79cd901c7b6d4d05f1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before a262c2dc833f2fe1bd5c53a4d899e7077d3b1da91da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before b137af795399d8b657bad1646c18561530f35ed11da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 1f1feff02e9da0dd0cdb195c428c42b5f9b6c7711da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 68d8156480940b79227d58865ec5d2947b9384a81da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 0974d03eb479384466d828d65637814bee6b26d7
Linux Linux 2.6.12

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