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CVE-2019-12817 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108884 Broken Link 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703 Third Party Advisory 
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.15 Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca72d88378b2f2444d3ec145dd442d449d3fefbc Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OTLN3KQYEEWWAJYA4BUYYDMWWXCJQNV2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSKLL2374YGFQR6LSVCFGTTCRGBTLAWZ/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/13 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12876166 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12876166?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4031-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4495 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-12817
NVD Published Date:
06/25/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE