Google: sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-5_10: security update to 16963.0.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452492

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Certain Arm Cortex and Neoverse processors through 2022-03-08 do not properly restrict cache speculation,
aka Spectre-BHB. An attacker can leverage the shared branch history in the Branch History Buffer (BHB) to
influence mispredicted branches. Then, cache allocation can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2022-23960)

Solution

Update the sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-5_10 library and its related packages to version 16963.0.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 452492

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

Percentile: 95.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23960

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23960

Detections

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