CVE-2018-19407
Moderate
CVE-2018-19407
The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 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.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
November 21, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-19407
View original source
The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105987
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/20/580
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3872-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/