Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 through 4.x does not prevent use of a write-timing side channel, which allows guest OS users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism on other guest OS instances via a Cross-VM ASL INtrospection (CAIN) attack. NOTE: the vendor states "Basically if you care about this attack vector, disable deduplication." Share-until-written approaches for memory conservation among mutually untrusting tenants are inherently detectable for information disclosure, and can be classified as potentially misunderstood behaviors rather than vulnerabilities
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Published : 2017-03-03 11:59
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2015-2877
Mitre link : CVE-2015-2877
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-2877
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Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor