CVE-2019-15030

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 13, 2019 at 12:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via a Facility Unavailable exception. To exploit the venerability, a local user starts a transaction (via the hardware transactional memory instruction tbegin) and then accesses vector registers. At some point, the vector registers will be corrupted with the values from a different local Linux process because of a missing arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c check.

Affected

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

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/3
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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