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)
- Debian/linuxfrom 0, < 4.19.20-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |