CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-3016

MEDIUM
6.2
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:5.4.19-1CVE-2019-3016
Fixed in:5.4.19-1CVE-2019-3016
Fixed in:5.4.19-1CVE-2019-3016
Fixed in:5.4.19-1CVE-2019-3016
awsUbuntu
Fixed in:4.4.0-1098LSN-0065-1
azureUbuntu
Fixed in:4.15.0-1063LSN-0065-1
Fixed in:5.0.0-1025LSN-0065-1
gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1025LSN-0065-1
generic-4.15Ubuntu
Fixed in:4.15.0-69LSN-0065-1
Fixed in:4.15.0-69LSN-0065-1
generic-4.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:4.4.0-168LSN-0065-1
Fixed in:4.4.0-168LSN-0065-1
linux-aws-5.0Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1027.30USN-4301-1
linux-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1035.37USN-4301-1
linux-azure-5.3Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1033.34USN-4301-1
linux-gcp-5.3Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-gke-5.0Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1032.33USN-4301-1
linux-gke-5.3Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-hweUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-42.34~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-5.0.0-1013-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1013.18USN-4301-1
linux-image-5.0.0-1027-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1027.30USN-4301-1
linux-image-5.0.0-1032-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1032.33USN-4301-1
linux-image-5.0.0-1033-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1033.34USN-4301-1
linux-image-5.0.0-1035-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1035.37USN-4301-1
linux-image-5.0.0-1043-oem-osp1Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1043.48USN-4301-1
linux-image-5.3.0-1014-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-5.3.0-1014-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-5.3.0-1016-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-5.3.0-1019-raspi2Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-5.3.0-42-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-42.34~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-5.3.0-42-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-42.34~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-5.3.0-42-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-42.34~18.04.1USN-4300-1
linux-image-aws-edgeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0.1027.41USN-4301-1
linux-image-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0.1035.46USN-4301-1
linux-image-azure-edgeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.1016.16USN-4300-1
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0.1033.37USN-4301-1
linux-image-gcp-edgeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.1014.13USN-4300-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.42.99USN-4300-1
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.42.99USN-4300-1
linux-image-gke-5.0Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0.1032.20USN-4301-1
linux-image-gke-5.3Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.1014.4USN-4300-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.42.99USN-4300-1
linux-image-oem-osp1Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0.1043.48USN-4301-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0.1013.13USN-4301-1
linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.1019.8USN-4300-1
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.42.99USN-4300-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0.42.99USN-4300-1
linux-oem-osp1Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1043.48USN-4301-1
linux-oracle-5.0Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.0.0-1013.18USN-4301-1
linux-raspi2-5.3Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1USN-4300-1
lowlatency-4.15Ubuntu
Fixed in:4.15.0-69LSN-0065-1
Fixed in:4.15.0-69LSN-0065-1
lowlatency-4.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:4.4.0-168LSN-0065-1
Fixed in:4.4.0-168LSN-0065-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days
45thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 45% of all known CVEs.

References

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