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Unscored CVE-2024-35996 EUVD-2024-35714GHSA-jxch-924p-fpfw

cpu: Re-enable CPU mitigations by default for !X86 architectures

Published May 20, 2024 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpu: Re-enable CPU mitigations by default for !X86 architectures

Rename x86's to CPU_MITIGATIONS, define it in generic code, and force it
on for all architectures exception x86. A recent commit to turn
mitigations off by default if SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n kinda sorta
missed that "cpu_mitigations" is completely generic, whereas
SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS is x86-specific.

Rename x86's SPECULATIVE_MITIGATIONS instead of keeping both and have it
select CPU_MITIGATIONS, as having two configs for the same thing is
unnecessary and confusing. This will also allow x86 to use the knob to
manage mitigations that aren't strictly related to speculative
execution.

Use another Kconfig to communicate to common code that CPU_MITIGATIONS
is already defined instead of having x86's menu depend on the common
CPU_MITIGATIONS. This allows keeping a single point of contact for all
of x86's mitigations, and it's not clear that other architectures *want*
to allow disabling mitigations at compile-time.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.15.156 – < 5.15.158, 6.1.87 – < 6.1.90, 6.6.28 – < 6.6.30, 6.8.7 – < 6.8.9 5.15.158

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.8.9-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.8.9-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.90-1 —
Debian 10 linux-5.10 5.10.216-1~deb10u1 DLA-3842-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-40.40 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1013.14 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1012.14 USN-6952-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1012.13 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1008.11 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm +2 6.8.0-1010.10 USN-6955-1, USN-6952-1, USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1011.11 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1011.11.1 USN-6952-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1009.10 USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-40.40.1 USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-40.40~22.04.3 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2008.8 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1006.6 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.90-99.173 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-695
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.90-99.173.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-695

Advisories 12

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