Use After Free Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.168-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LINUX49-345533
  • published8 Feb 2019
  • disclosed21 Mar 2019

Introduced: 8 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-7221  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.168-1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.9 package and not the linux-4.9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

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