CVE-2019-6974

HIGH8.1EPSS 7.8%
Published: 2/15/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6974

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.20.8, kvm_ioctl_create_device in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c mishandles reference counting because of a race condition, leading to a use-after-free.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)