Memory Leak Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:9.0.0-10.2.el9_2
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- published 26 Jun 2023
- disclosed 21 Jun 2023
Introduced: 21 Jun 2023
CVE-2023-2700 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 libvirt to version 0:9.0.0-10.2.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:3715.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was found in libvirt. This security flaw ouccers due to repeatedly querying an SR-IOV PCI device's capabilities that exposes a memory leak caused by a failure to free the virPCIVirtualFunction array within the parent struct's g_autoptr cleanup.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-3715.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-3822.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3715
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203653
- https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/6425a311b8ad19d6f9c0b315bf1d722551ea3585#874a1e768ade6ceb4538931cbc06248e73223306
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EVK6JKP36CHE7YAFDJNPNLTW4OWJJ7TQ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230706-0001/