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.
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3933-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3933-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46388/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-02-15T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:38:32.373Z

Reserved: 2019-01-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-6974

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-02-15T15:29:00.250

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:13:16.310

Link: CVE-2019-6974

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-6974 - Bugzilla