CVE-2019-15031

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt. 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 MSR_TM_ACTIVE is misused in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2019-10-04T08:06:20.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4"}, {"name": "USN-4135-2", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_UBUNTU"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/"}, {"name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:2173", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUSE"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html"}, {"name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:2181", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUSE"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html"}, {"name": "USN-4135-1", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_UBUNTU"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2019-15031", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt. 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 MSR_TM_ACTIVE is misused in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97"}, {"name": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4"}, {"name": "USN-4135-2", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/"}, {"name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:2173", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html"}, {"name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:2181", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html"}, {"name": "USN-4135-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/"}, {"name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T00:34:53.153Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4"}, {"name": "USN-4135-2", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_UBUNTU", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/"}, {"name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:2173", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUSE", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html"}, {"name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:2181", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUSE", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html"}, {"name": "USN-4135-1", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_UBUNTU", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2019-15031", "datePublished": "2019-09-13T12:45:49.000Z", "dateReserved": "2019-08-14T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T00:34:53.153Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A6D35DF1-9CE5-4404-9555-3707B26E0F04", "versionEndIncluding": "5.2.14", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "8D305F7A-D159-4716-AB26-5E38BB5CD991", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "815D70A8-47D3-459C-A32C-9FEACA0659D1", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "F7016A2A-8365-4F1A-89A2-7A19F2BCAE5B", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "23A7C53F-B80F-4E6A-AFA9-58EEA84BE11D", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "CD783B0C-9246-47D9-A937-6144FE8BFF0F", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "F1E78106-58E6-4D59-990F-75DA575BFAD9", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "B620311B-34A3-48A6-82DF-6F078D7A4493", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "142AD0DD-4CF3-4D74-9442-459CE3347E3A", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "F4CFF558-3C47-480D-A2F0-BABF26042943", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt. 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 MSR_TM_ACTIVE is misused in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux versiones hasta 5.2.14 en la plataforma powerpc, un usuario local puede leer los registros vectoriales de los procesos de otros usuarios por medio de una interrupci\u00f3n. Para explotar la venerabilidad, un usuario local inicia una transacci\u00f3n (por medio de la instrucci\u00f3n de memoria transaccional de hardware tbegin) y luego accede a los registros vectoriales. En alg\u00fan punto, los registros vectoriales se corromper\u00e1n con los valores de un proceso de Linux local diferente, porque MSR_TM_ACTIVE es usado inapropiadamente en el archivo arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c."}], "id": "CVE-2019-15031", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:19:34.067", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "LOW", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 3.6, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 4.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 4.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 2.5, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2019-09-13T13:15:11.557", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Mailing List", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Mailing List", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-662"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2020:1493", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "package": "kernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.19.1.el7a", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7", "release_date": "2020-04-16T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2020:1372", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "package": "kernel-0:4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "release_date": "2020-04-07T00:00:00Z"}], "bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: powerpc: local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt", "id": "1760063", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760063"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.4", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L", "status": "verified"}, "cwe": "CWE-200", "details": ["In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt. 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 MSR_TM_ACTIVE is misused in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c.", "A flaw in the Linux kernel on the PowerPC platform, was found where a local user can read vector registers of other user processes (during a hardware interrupt). An attacker must start a transaction when the FPU operation begins or there is no leakage. Vector registers will become corrupted with values from the different local Linux processes, because of the missing check inside arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c. The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality of data and availability of the system."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "When applicable rely on FPU emulation (for example by rebuilding the critical services code) instead of the hardware FPU."}, "name": "CVE-2019-15031", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2"}], "public_date": "2019-09-13T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15031\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15031"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

{}