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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 same guest.

MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.62%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.62% probability · 48th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-362
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.