### [CVE-2019-18660](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18660)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The Linux kernel before 5.4.1 on powerpc allows Information Exposure because the Spectre-RSB mitigation is not in place for all applicable CPUs, aka CID-39e72bf96f58. This is related to arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S and arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=39e72bf96f5847ba87cc5bd7a3ce0fed813dc9ad

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.