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Red Hat: CVE-2019-5489: CVE-2019-5489 Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-5489: CVE-2019-5489 Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/07/2019
Created
08/08/2019
Added
08/07/2019
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

The mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13 allowed local attackers to observe page cache access patterns of other processes on the same system, potentially allowing sniffing of secret information. (Fixing this affects the output of the fincore program.) Limited remote exploitation may be possible, as demonstrated by latency differences in accessing public files from an Apache HTTP Server.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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