| Name | CVE-2017-5715 |
| Description | Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1369-1, DLA-1422-1, DLA-1497-1, DLA-2148-1, DLA-2743-1, DSA-4187-1, DSA-4188-1, DSA-4201-1, DSA-4213-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 886532, 886852 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd64-microcode (PTS) | bullseye/non-free | 3.20240820.1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye/non-free (security) | 3.20250311.1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware | 3.20250311.1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware (security) | 3.20230719.1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| forky/non-free-firmware, sid/non-free-firmware, trixie/non-free-firmware | 3.20250311.1 | fixed | |
| intel-microcode (PTS) | bullseye/non-free | 3.20240813.1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye/non-free (security) | 3.20250512.1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware | 3.20250512.1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware (security) | 3.20250812.1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie/non-free-firmware | 3.20250512.1 | fixed | |
| trixie/non-free-firmware (security) | 3.20250812.1~deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky/non-free-firmware, sid/non-free-firmware | 3.20250812.1 | fixed | |
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.244-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.148-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.153-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.12.43-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.48-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 6.16.12-2 | fixed | |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers (PTS) | bullseye/non-free | 470.256.02-2 | fixed |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware | 535.247.01-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie/non-free-firmware | 550.163.01-2 | fixed | |
| forky/non-free-firmware, sid/non-free-firmware | 550.163.01-3 | fixed | |
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx (PTS) | sid/non-free | 340.108-26 | fixed |
| qemu (PTS) | bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u16 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u15 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1:10.0.3+ds-0+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 1:10.0.2+ds-2+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky | 1:10.1.1+ds-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:10.1.2+ds-1 | fixed | |
| virtualbox (PTS) | sid/contrib | 7.2.2-dfsg-3 | fixed |
| xen (PTS) | bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid, trixie | 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amd64-microcode | source | jessie | 3.20181128.1~deb8u1 | DLA-2148-1 | ||
| amd64-microcode | source | stretch | 3.20181128.1~deb9u1 | DLA-2743-1 | ||
| amd64-microcode | source | (unstable) | 3.20180515.1 | |||
| intel-microcode | source | jessie | 3.20180425.1~deb8u1 | |||
| intel-microcode | source | stretch | 3.20180425.1~deb9u1 | |||
| intel-microcode | source | (unstable) | 3.20180425.1 | |||
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.101-1 | DLA-1369-1 | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.57-1 | DLA-1422-1 | ||
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.88-1 | DSA-4188-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.15.11-1 | |||
| linux-grsec | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | source | jessie | 340.106-1 | |||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | source | stretch | 384.111-4~deb9u1 | |||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers | source | (unstable) | 384.111-1 | 886852 | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx | source | stretch | 340.106-1~deb9u1 | |||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-340xx | source | (unstable) | 340.106-1 | |||
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | DLA-1497-1 | ||
| qemu | source | stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u4 | DSA-4213-1 | ||
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.12~rc3+dfsg-1 | 886532 | ||
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| virtualbox | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| virtualbox | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| virtualbox | source | (unstable) | 5.2.6-dfsg-1 | |||
| xen | source | stretch | 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 | DSA-4201-1 | ||
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.11.1~pre+1.733450b39b-1 |
https://spectreattack.com/
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-254.html
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html
Paper: https://spectreattack.com/spectre.pdf
https://www.suse.com/de-de/support/kb/doc/?id=7022512
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180009-1/
For the required microcode updates in advance:
intel-microcode: https://bugs.debian.org/886367
intel-microcode: Some microcode updates to partially adress CVE-2017-5715 included in 3.20171215.1
Further updates in 3.20180312.1
amd64-microcode: https://bugs.debian.org/886382
amd64-microcode updates in 3.20180515.1
Qemu patches: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg00811.html
to pass thorugh new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to
allow (future) enabling/disabling ranch prediction features in the Intel
CPU.
[jessie] - virtualbox <end-of-life> (DSA-3699-1)
[wheezy] - virtualbox <end-of-life> (DSA 3454)
[wheezy] - nvidia-graphics-drivers <end-of-life> (Non-free not supported)
[stretch] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[jessie] - nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304xx <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[jessie] - xen <ignored> (Too intrusive to backport)