A known cache speculation vulnerability, known as Branch History Injection (BHI) or…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
A known cache speculation vulnerability, known as Branch History Injection (BHI) or Spectre-BHB, becomes actual again for the new hw AmpereOne. Spectre-BHB is similar to Spectre v2, except that malicious code uses the shared branch history (stored in the CPU Branch History Buffer, or BHB) to influence mispredicted branches within the victim's hardware context. Once that occurs, speculation caused by the mispredicted branches can cause cache allocation. This issue leads to obtaining information that should not be accessible.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Kernel | Linux Kernel 6.1-rc1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Kernel Vendor— Affected Linux Kernel 6.1-rc1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2024:3462 Released 2024-05-29 · Red Hat rating Moderatekernel security and bug fix update
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6 +19
- Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6, perf-4.18.0-372.105.1.el8_6
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3462 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3462 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3462 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-3006
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-px79-jx9m-m5h5
References
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Sources
- CVE-2023-3006 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-3006 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-px79-jx9m-m5h5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-3006 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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