CVE-2019-6974
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2019-02-15 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
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.
See more information about CVE-2019-6974 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 8.1 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5866 | 2020-10-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2019-0818 | 2019-04-23 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4612 | 2019-04-12 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5866 | 2020-10-06 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2020-0044 | 2020-10-09 |
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