5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2018-19407

Published: 21/11/2018 Updated: 21/03/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 4.19.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) via crafted system calls that reach a situation where ioapic is uninitialized.

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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Multiple regressions were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
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