CVSS 3.1
8.1 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-6974
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-362, CWE-416
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager
- f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
- f5:big-ip_analytics
- f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
- f5:big-ip_application_security_manager
- f5:big-ip_edge_gateway
- f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service
- f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager
- f5:big-ip_link_controller
- f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager
- f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager
- f5:big-ip_webaccelerator
- linux:linux_kernel
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
- redhat:openshift_container_platform