A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's memory deduplication mechanism. The max page sharing of Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM), added in Linux kernel version 4.4.0-96.119, can create a side channel. When the attacker and the victim share the same host and the default setting o
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's memory deduplication mechanism. The max page sharing of Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM), added in Linux kernel version 4.4.0-96.119, can create a side channel. When the attacker and the victim share the same host and the default setting of KSM is "max page sharing=256", it is possible for the attacker to time the unmap to merge with the victim's page. The…
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | 0 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unspecified |
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.