CVE-2019-1010066

N/A
Published: July 18, 2019 at 01:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsModel Specific Registers SafeModel Specific Registers Safe

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory msr-safe v1.1.0 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: An attacker could modify model specific registers. The component is: ioctl handling. The attack vector is: An attacker could exploit a bug in ioctl interface whitelist checking, in order to write to model specific registers, normally a function reserved for the root user. The fixed version is: v1.2.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.4/html/x856.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269CWE-862

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