In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via a Facility Unavailable exception. To exploit the venerability, a local user starts a transaction (via the hardware transactional memory instruction tbegin) and then accesses vector registers. At some point, the vector registers will be corrupted with the values from a different local Linux process because of a missing arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c check.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Mar 12, 2020 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernelUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools | Sep 30, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Oct 5, 2022 | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade redhat-coreos | Dec 29, 2020 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade kernel | Mar 12, 2020 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-docsUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-extra | Sep 21, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-164-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1126-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-3.2.0-143-omapUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1021-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-serverUpgrade linux-image-3.2.0-143-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-trustyUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-29-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1044-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1056-oemUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-164-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-29-genericUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-3.2.0-143-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-3.2.0-143-virtualUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-paeUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-29-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.0Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1025-oracleUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-64-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1017-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1017-gcpUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1017-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-64-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-164-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1064-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gke-4.15Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1047-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-3.2.0-143-generic-paeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1016-awsUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1050-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-164-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-3.2.0-143-highbankUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-omapUpgrade linux-image-highbankUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1020-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-164-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1058-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-64-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-powerpcUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1017-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1059-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1044-gkeUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1122-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1094-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1046-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trustyUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-173-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-164-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-164-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1054-awsUpgrade linux-image-3.2.0-143-generic | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 |
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