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LIN1018-3576 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2019-7221

Created: Feb 14, 2019    Updated: Mar 26, 2019
Resolved Date: Mar 6, 2019
Found In Version: unknown
Fix Version: 10.18.44.5
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18
Component/s: Kernel

Description

A use after free issue was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor emulates a preemption timer for L2 guest when nested(=1) virtualization is enabled. This high resolution timer(hrtimer) runs when L2 guest is active. After VM exit, in sync_vmcs12() timer object is stopped. The use-after-free occurs if the timer object is free'd before calling sync_vmcs12() routine.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7221  

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