vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2019-3016
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 31, 2020 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 31, 2020
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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