Summary

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2019-843

Component : Kernel

Revision : 1.0: Final

Bitdefender researchers have identified and demonstrated a new side-channel attack. This newly disclosed attack bypasses all known mitigation mechanisms implemented in response to Spectre and Meltdown. More information at:

• https://www.bitdefender.com/business/swapgs-attack.htm
• https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/insights/more-information-swapgs-and-speculative-only-segment-load
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-112
• https://access.redhat.com/articles/4329821

Affected Products
No Brocade Fibre Channel technology products from Broadcom are currently known to be affected by Spectre SWAPGS vulnerability

Note
Brocade Manageability products are not vulnerable to Spectre SWAPGS vulnerability. However, since the environment that runs the products is not under Brocade's control, Brocade recommends Customers to apply recommendation from the vendors.

Revision History

Version	Change	Date
1.0	Initial Publication	August 8, 2019