Vulnerabilities
- CVSS
- 8.8 High
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- EPSS
- 0.23%
- Risk score
- 12.5
- Published
- 2026-08-06
- Status
- Published
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection
An attacker injecting interrupts while the Safe-RET mitigation executes
on machines affected by SRSO can neutralize the safe return sequence,
potentially leading to data leakage through speculative execution.
Fixup register state as if the Safe-RET sequence executed successfully
by "emulating" it, in a manner of speaking, and avoid executing a RET
instruction after returning from the interrupt.
An attacker executing code on affected system could inject an interrupt at a precise moment to disrupt "Safe RET", the default Linux mitigation for speculative Return Overflow (SRSO), which could potentially weaken that protection and may result in information disclosure.
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel of Debian. These vulnerabilities allow for privilege escalation, data compromise, and denial of service. The affected Debian versions are prior to 6.12.10…
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