CVE-2019-7221 (NVD)

2019-03-21

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

Products Ubuntu_linux, Debian_linux, Fedora, Linux_kernel, Active_iq_performance_analytics_services, Element_software_management_node, Leap, Enterprise_linux, Enterprise_linux_desktop, Enterprise_linux_server, Enterprise_linux_server_aus, Enterprise_linux_server_eus, Enterprise_linux_server_tus, Enterprise_linux_workstation, Openshift_container_platform
Type Use After Free (CWE-416)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Patches https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ecec76885bcfe3294685dc363fd1273df0d5d65f
Links http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00042.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151713/KVM-VMX-Preemption-Timer-Use-After-Free.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KDOXCX3QFVWYXH5CQMGDDE7H6MUG5XGG/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/