Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-14615

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Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-14615

Published: January 17, 2020 / Updated: June 1, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28407
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14615
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Insufficient control flow in certain data structures for some Intel(R) Processors with Intel(R) Processor Graphics may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Slackware Linux
Fedora
linux-4.4.217/kernel-generic
linux-4.4.217/kernel-huge
linux-4.4.217/kernel-modules
linux-4.4.217/kernel-headers
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2019-14615

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.4.210, 4.9.210, 4.14.165, 4.19.96, 5.5
linux-4.4.217/kernel-generic - update to 4.4.217
linux-4.4.217/kernel-huge - update to 4.4.217
linux-4.4.217/kernel-modules - update to 4.4.217
linux-4.4.217/kernel-headers - update to 4.4.217_smp
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-348.el8
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8
kernel - update to 5.4.12-200.fc31

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