Spectre-v2 vulnerability in Linux kernel's paravirt.c

CVE-2018-15594 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests.

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