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CVE-2019-3016

In a Linux KVM guest that has PV TLB enabled, a process in the guest kernel may be able to read memory locations from another process in the

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In a Linux KVM guest that has PV TLB enabled, a process in the guest kernel may be able to read memory locations from another process in the same guest. This problem is limit to the host running linux kernel 4.10 with a guest running linux kernel 4.16 or later. The problem mainly affects AMD processors but Intel CPUs cannot be ruled out.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • linux linux_kernel

    4.10 to 5.6

References 13

openwall.com

lore.kernel.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

git.kernel.org

security.netapp.com

usn.ubuntu.com

packetstormsecurity.com

debian.org