CVE-2019-12380

Home/CVE/**DISPUTED** An issue was discovered in the efi subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. phys_efi_set_virtual_addres

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**DISPUTED** An issue was discovered in the efi subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. phys_efi_set_virtual_addres

DISPUTED An issue was discovered in the efi subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. phys_efi_set_virtual_address_map in arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c and efi_call_phys_prolog in arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c mishandle memory allocation failures. NOTE: This id is disputed as not being an issue because “All the code touched by the referenced commit runs only at boot, before any user processes are started. Therefore, there is no possibility for an unprivileged user to control it.”.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00043

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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This page is every public fact about CVE-2019-12380, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.

Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:

CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked. EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal. CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score. Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.

How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.

Then what - two workflows:

Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits. PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.

Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).

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ATT&CK techniques

Techniques this CVE enables - linked via CWECAPECATT&CK. High◆ = named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei templates.

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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Weakness Classification

CWE-3887PK - Errors

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Affected Products & Versions

linux kernel<= 5.1.5

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux fixed in 4.4.0-186.216

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws fixed in 4.4.0-1111.123

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe fixed in 4.15.0-1079.83~16.04.1

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure fixed in 4.15.0-1091.101~16.04.1

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp fixed in 4.15.0-1080.90~16.04.1

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe fixed in 4.15.0-112.113~16.04.1

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm fixed in 4.4.0-1077.84

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle fixed in 4.15.0-1050.54~16.04.1

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2 fixed in 4.4.0-1136.145

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon fixed in 4.4.0-1140.148

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux fixed in 4.15.0-109.110

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws fixed in 4.15.0-1077.81

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 fixed in 5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4 fixed in 5.4.0-1018.18~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15 fixed in 4.15.0-1091.101

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 fixed in 5.3.0-1007.8~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4 fixed in 5.4.0-1020.20~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15 fixed in 4.15.0-1080.90

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 fixed in 5.3.0-1008.9~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4 fixed in 5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.2

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 fixed in 4.15.0-1064.67

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.3 fixed in 5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe fixed in 5.3.0-26.28~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4 fixed in 5.4.0-37.41~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4 fixed in 5.4.0-1010.11~18.04.2

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm fixed in 4.15.0-1069.70

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem fixed in 4.15.0-1091.101

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1 fixed in 5.0.0-1065.70

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle fixed in 4.15.0-1048.52

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 fixed in 5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4 fixed in 5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4 fixed in 5.4.0-1013.13~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2 fixed in 4.15.0-1065.69

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2-5.3 fixed in 5.3.0-1017.19~18.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon fixed in 4.15.0-1081.88

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux fixed in 5.4.0-9.12

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws fixed in 5.4.0-1005.5

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 fixed in 5.15.0-1014.18~20.04.1

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure fixed in 5.4.0-1006.6

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 fixed in 5.15.0-1007.8~20.04.1

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Fixed versions by distribution

The package version that resolves this CVE on each Linux distribution, from the vendor’s published security data. fixed in shows a patched version exists; open means the package is listed as affected with no fix yet.
oracle allkernel-uek fixed in 0:4.14.35-2025.402.2.1.el7uek
oracle allkernel-uek-debug fixed in 0:4.14.35-2025.402.2.1.el7uek
oracle allkernel-uek-debug-devel fixed in 0:4.14.35-2025.402.2.1.el7uek
oracle allkernel-uek-devel open
oracle allkernel-uek-headers fixed in 0:4.14.35-2025.402.2.1.el7uek
oracle allkernel-uek-tools fixed in 0:4.14.35-2025.402.2.1.el7uek
oracle allkernel-uek-tools-libs fixed in 0:4.14.35-2025.402.2.1.el7uek
oracle allkernel-uek-tools-libs-devel open
oracle allperf open
oracle allpython-perf fixed in 0:4.14.35-2025.402.2.1.el7uek
suse sle15cluster-md-kmp-rt fixed in 0:4.12.14-14.8.1
suse sle15dlm-kmp-rt fixed in 0:4.12.14-14.8.1
suse sle15gfs2-kmp-rt fixed in 0:4.12.14-14.8.1
suse sle15kernel-azure fixed in 0:4.12.14-5.33.1
suse sle15kernel-azure-base fixed in 0:4.12.14-8.58.1
suse sle15kernel-default fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-default-base open
suse sle15kernel-default-devel open
suse sle15kernel-default-extra fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-default-livepatch fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-default-man fixed in 0:4.12.14-197.40.1
suse sle15kernel-devel open
suse sle15kernel-devel-rt open
suse sle15kernel-docs fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150_27-default fixed in 0:1-1.5.1
suse sle15kernel-macros open
suse sle15kernel-obs-build fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-rt fixed in 0:4.12.14-14.8.1
suse sle15kernel-rt-base fixed in 0:4.12.14-14.8.1
suse sle15kernel-source fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-source-azure open
suse sle15kernel-source-rt open
suse sle15kernel-syms fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-syms-azure fixed in 0:4.12.14-5.33.1
suse sle15kernel-syms-rt fixed in 0:4.12.14-14.8.1
suse sle15kernel-vanilla-base fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15kernel-zfcpdump fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1
suse sle15ocfs2-kmp-rt fixed in 0:4.12.14-14.8.1
suse sle15reiserfs-kmp-default fixed in 0:4.12.14-150.27.1

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Scoring & Timeline

5.5

MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · [email protected]

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD28 May 2019 · 03:29 AM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-4427-1
usnUSN-4439-1
usnUSN-4414-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:2450-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:2430-1
Show all 12 vendor advisoriessuse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1823-2
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1852-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1855-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1823-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1829-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:1571-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:1579-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108477Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=4e78921ba4dd0aca1cc89168f45039add4183f8eMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI/

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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4414-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/