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Bug 727606 (CVE-2020-13844)

Summary: [Tracker] Speculative execution vulnerability in ARMv8-A processors (CVE-2020-13844)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Sam James <sam>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: IN_PROGRESS ---    
Severity: normal CC: ajak, herrtimson
Priority: Normal Keywords: Tracker
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
Whiteboard: A4 [cve]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on: 727608, 727610    
Bug Blocks:    

Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-06-09 01:20:09 UTC 
Description:
"Arm Armv8-A core implementations utilizing speculative execution past unconditional changes in control flow may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka "straight-line speculation.""