CVE-2019-3016

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3016

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed5.4.19-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.4.19-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.4.19-1
debian debiansidfixed5.4.19-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.4.19-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.