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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157233/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0065-1.html | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/4 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792167 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://git.kernel.org/linus/1eff70a9abd46f175defafd29bc17ad456f398a7 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://git.kernel.org/linus/8c6de56a42e0c657955e12b882a81ef07d1d073e | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://git.kernel.org/linus/917248144db5d7320655dbb41d3af0b8a0f3d589 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://git.kernel.org/linus/a6bd811f1209fe1c64c9f6fd578101d6436c6b6e | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://git.kernel.org/linus/b043138246a41064527cf019a3d51d9f015e9796 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1580407316-11391-1-git-send-email-pbonzini%40redhat.com/ | |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/ | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/ | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/ | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699 |
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Information
Published : 2020-01-31 20:15
Updated : 2024-02-28 17:28
NVD link : CVE-2019-3016
Mitre link : CVE-2019-3016
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-3016
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel