Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.12.1.rt56.927.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.67% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDEVEL-2134250
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Feb 2019

Introduced: 7 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-6974  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-devel to version 0:3.10.0-957.12.1.rt56.927.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-devel package and not the kernel-rt-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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