CVE-2019-12817

Summary

CVECVE-2019-12817
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-25 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
Descriptionarch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_book3s64.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.15 for powerpc has a bug where unrelated processes may be able to read/write to one another's virtual memory under certain conditions via an mmap above 512 TB. Only a subset of powerpc systems are affected.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4495-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
support.f5.com/csp/article/K12876166 CONFIRM support.f5.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.15 CONFIRM cdn.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4495-1] linux security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
oss-security - CVE-2019-12817: Linux kernel: powerpc: Unrelated processes may be able to read/write to each other's virtual memory MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kernel-headers-5.1.15-300.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kernel-headers-5.1.15-300.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
support.f5.com/csp/article/K12876166 CONFIRM support.f5.com
USN-4031-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1757-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kernel-5.1.15-200.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kernel-5.1.15-200.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
myF5 support.f5.com
Linux kernel CVE-2019-12817 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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