DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6974

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6974
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6974.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6974
Upstream
Published
2019-02-15T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-17T11:02:15Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.19.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}