Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-19406

Description

kvm_pv_send_ipi in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.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 the apic map is uninitialized.

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Affected products

SUSE S.A./Linux Enterprise Debuginfoinferred
Range: <=4.19.2
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.19.2
- (no CPE)range: <=4.19.2

Patches

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References

lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/20/411nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105988nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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