CVE-2019-3016

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
linuxlinux_kernel4.10 to 5.6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-362: CWE-362
  • CWE-200: CWE-200

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References