CVE-2019-6974
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6974
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-6974.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-6974
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-02-15T15:29:00.250Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T04:31:29.277331580Z
- Severity
-
- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In the Linux kernel before 4.20.8, kvmioctlcreatedevice in virt/kvm/kvmmain.c mishandles reference counting because of a race condition, leading to a use-after-free.
- References
-
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11186236?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0103
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.99
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3933-2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11186236
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0818
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.156
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3933-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107127
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0833
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2809
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.21
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.8
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cfa39381173d5f969daf43582c95ad679189cbc9
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1765
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cfa39381173d5f969daf43582c95ad679189cbc9
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46388/
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected6e4664525b1db28f8c4e1130957f70a94c19213e
- Database specific
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- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedcfa39381173d5f969daf43582c95ad679189cbc9
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Database specific
source
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