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SUSE: CVE-2019-12817: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-12817: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/24/2019
Created
07/23/2019
Added
07/21/2019
Modified
02/06/2023

Description

arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_book3s64.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.15 for powerpc has a bug where unrelated processes may be able to read/write to one another's virtual memory under certain conditions via an mmap above 512 TB. Only a subset of powerpc systems are affected.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:1744-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1765-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1769-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:2069-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:2430-1
  • USN-4031-1
  • CVE-2019-12817
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