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LoongArch: Add spectre boundry for syscall dispatch table

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Add spectre boundry for syscall dispatch table The LoongArch syscall number is directly controlled by userspace, but does not have a array_index_nospec() boundry to prevent access past the syscall function pointer tables.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.176, 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 6.6.140, 7.0.4
CVEs
CVE-2026-45993
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 04:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

LoongArch: Add spectre boundry for syscall dispatch table

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 May 2026, 12:55 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Add spectre boundry for syscall dispatch table The LoongArch syscall number is directly controlled by userspace, but does not have a array_index_nospec() boundry to prevent access past the syscall function pointer tables.

osv:CVE-2026-45993

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.176, 6.6.140, 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4

Complete source record
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