Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | affected 4.10 to 5.6 |
CWE
CWE-362, CWE-200
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/4
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1580407316-11391-1-git-send-email-pbonzini%40redhat.com/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792167
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/8c6de56a42e0c657955e12b882a81ef07d1d073e
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/1eff70a9abd46f175defafd29bc17ad456f398a7
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/917248144db5d7320655dbb41d3af0b8a0f3d589
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/b043138246a41064527cf019a3d51d9f015e9796
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/a6bd811f1209fe1c64c9f6fd578101d6436c6b6e
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157233/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0065-1.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/4
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1580407316-11391-1-git-send-email-pbonzini%40redhat.com/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792167
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/8c6de56a42e0c657955e12b882a81ef07d1d073e
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/1eff70a9abd46f175defafd29bc17ad456f398a7
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/917248144db5d7320655dbb41d3af0b8a0f3d589
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/b043138246a41064527cf019a3d51d9f015e9796
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/a6bd811f1209fe1c64c9f6fd578101d6436c6b6e
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4301-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157233/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0065-1.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
No English description supplied.
No references supplied.