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Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-15572

CVE-2018-15572

Description

The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks.

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