CVE-2024-2193 json
Speculative Race Condition impacts modern CPU architectures that support speculative execution, also known as GhostRace.
published 2024-03-15 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-27155
- cvss
- 5.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A Speculative Race Condition (SRC) vulnerability that impacts modern CPU architectures supporting speculative execution (related to Spectre V1) has been disclosed. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disclose arbitrary data from the CPU using race conditions to access the speculative executable code paths.
Patch / fix
- xen Debian 12 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1
- xen Debian 14, Debian 13 4.19.1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2193
- xen SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1 4.14.6_12-150300.3.69.1
- xen SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.12.4_46-3.106.1
- xen SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 +1 more 4.17.3_08-150500.3.27.1
- xen SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 +1 more 4.16.5_14-150400.4.52.1
- xen SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS 4.13.5_12-150200.3.93.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2535-1SUSE-SU-2024:1152-1SUSE-SU-2024:1105-1SUSE-SU-2024:1102-1SUSE-SU-2024:1101-1
- xen openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.18.1_02-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13801-1
- xen Alpine 3.17, Alpine 3.16 4.16.5-r7
- xen Alpine 3.18 4.17.3-r1
- xen Alpine 3.19 4.18.0-r4
- xen Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 4.18.0-r5
alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-2193
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Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2024-2193 updated cvss 5.5
hw: Spectre-SRC that is Speculative Race Conditions (SRCs) for synchronization primitives similar like Spectre V1 with possibility to bypass software features (e.g., IPIs, high-precision timers, etc)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 moreaffected: workaround, no fix planned “There is a fix that is known as another CVE-2024-26602 and it can be considered as mitigation for this issue. It doesn't resolve this issue completely, but prevents it.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 moreaffected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “There is a fix that is known as another CVE-2024-26602 and it can be considered as mitigation for this issue. It doesn't resolve this issue completely, but prevents it.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- AMD CPU
- Xen Xen
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
References
- kb.cert.org /vuls/id/488902
- xenbits.xen.org /xsa/advisory-453.html
- vusec.net /projects/ghostrace/
- download.vusec.net /papers/ghostrace_sec24.pdf
- git.kernel.org /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=944d5fe50f3f03daacfea16300e656a1691c4a23
- ibm.github.io /system-security-research-updates/2024/03/12/ghostrace
- amd.com /en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7016.html
- kb.cert.org /vuls/id/488902
- lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZON4TLXG7TG4A2XZG563JMVTGQW4SF3A/
- lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H63LGAQXPEVJOES73U4XK65I6DASOAAG/
- lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIUICU6CVJUIB6BPJ7P5QTPQR5VOBHFK/
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2024/03/12/14
- xenbits.xen.org /xsa/advisory-453.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-2193
- NVD CVE-2024-2193
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