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CVE-2019-12817

First published: Fri Jun 14 2019(Updated: )

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem on certain 64-bit PowerPC with the hash page table MMU handled memory above 512TB. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Upstream commit that introduced this issue: <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f384796c40dc">https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f384796c40dc</a> Upstream fix: <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca72d88378b2f2444d3ec145dd442d449d3fefbc">https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca72d88378b2f2444d3ec145dd442d449d3fefbc</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.04
Linux Linux kernel<5.1.15
Fedoraproject Fedora=29
Fedoraproject Fedora=30
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
openSUSE Leap=15.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus=8.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus=8.2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus=8.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=8.2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=8.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus=8.2
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus=8.4
ubuntu/linux<4.18.0-24.25
4.18.0-24.25
ubuntu/linux<5.0.0-19.20
5.0.0-19.20
ubuntu/linux<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-aws<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-azure-edge<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-euclid<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-flo<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-gcp-edge<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-gke<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-goldfish<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-grouper<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-hwe<4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge<4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-lts-trusty<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-lts-utopic<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-lts-vivid<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-lts-wily<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-lts-xenial<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-maguro<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-mako<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-manta<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-oem<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-raspi2<5.2~
5.2~
ubuntu/linux-snapdragon<5.2~
5.2~
debian/linux
5.10.218-1
5.10.223-1
6.1.94-1
6.1.99-1
6.10.3-1
6.10.4-1

Remedy

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca72d88378b2f2444d3ec145dd442d449d3fefbc

Remedy

https://git.kernel.org/linus/f384796c40dc55b3dba25e0ee9c1afd98c6d24d1

Remedy

https://git.kernel.org/linus/ca72d88378b2f2444d3ec145dd442d449d3fefbc

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