Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu-kvm-audio-pa package, versions <17:6.2.0-11.el9_0.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-QEMUKVMAUDIOPA-5644818
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed2 Aug 2022

Introduced: 2 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-26354  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 qemu-kvm-audio-pa to version 17:6.2.0-11.el9_0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:5263.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm-audio-pa package and not the qemu-kvm-audio-pa package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the vhost-vsock device of QEMU. In case of error, an invalid element was not detached from the virtqueue before freeing its memory, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU versions <= 6.2.0.

CVSS Scores

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