Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20197221000
Revision Date:2019-03-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-7221 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free. Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-7221
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-145.171').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1079.89').
  • OR The 'linux-aws-hwe' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1035.37~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1041.45').
  • OR The 'linux-azure-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1041.45').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed ESM criteria').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1029.31~16.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-47.50~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-47.50~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1043.49').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage now end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-oracle' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1010.12~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1106.114').
  • OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1110.115').
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