CVE-2019-3016

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3016
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-31 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:09:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[FYI PATCH 0/5] Missing TLB flushes - Paolo Bonzini CONFIRM lore.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-4300-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4699-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE-2019-3016: information leak within a KVM guest MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4301-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[FYI PATCH 0/5] Missing TLB flushes - Paolo Bonzini lore.kernel.org
1792167 – (CVE-2019-3016) CVE-2019-3016 kernel: kvm: Information leak within a KVM guest CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0065-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
February 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377065 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0113)
  • 900101 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900303 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900321 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901473 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6519-1)
  • 903417 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3493)
  • 905785 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3493-1)
  • 906374 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6519-2)
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