vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-3016: CVE-2019-3016 kernel: kvm: Information leak within a KVM guest (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 31, 2020 | Jul 23, 2020 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 31, 2020
Added
Jul 23, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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