The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free.

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-2 linux regression update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1771-1 linux-4.9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16765 The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3930-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3930-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3931-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3931-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3932-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3932-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
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References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00042.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151713/KVM-VMX-Preemption-Timer-Use-After-Free.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/18/2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0818 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0833 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1760 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ecec76885bcfe3294685dc363fd1273df0d5d65f cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/arch/x86/kvm cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KDOXCX3QFVWYXH5CQMGDDE7H6MUG5XGG/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y2HMABEMJDPA6LPCBE5WIEZXUKY7DLTN/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7221 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0002/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K08413011 cve-icon cve-icon
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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7221 cve-icon
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00102}

epss

{'score': 0.00128}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:46:44.758Z

Reserved: 2019-01-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-7221

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-21T16:01:10.890

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:47:46.850

Link: CVE-2019-7221

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2019-7221 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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