CVE-2019-1010066

HIGH

LLNL model_specific_registers-safe < 1.2.0 - Unauthenticated MSR Modification via ioctl Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory msr-safe v1.1.0 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: An attacker could modify model specific registers. The component is: ioctl handling. The attack vector is: An attacker could exploit a bug in ioctl interface whitelist checking, in order to write to model specific registers, normally a function reserved for the root user. The fixed version is: v1.2.0.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/LLNL/msr-safe/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.4/html/x856.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0134
EPSS Percentile 67.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-862
Status published
Products (1)
llnl/model_specific_registers-safe 1.1.0
Published Jul 18, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026