NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci package, versions <17:7.0.0-13.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-QEMUKVMDEVICEDISPLAYVIRTIOGPUPCI-5657078
  • published 28 May 2023
  • disclosed 15 Nov 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci to version 17:7.0.0-13.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:7967.

NVD Description

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

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the ACPI code of QEMU. A malicious, privileged user within the guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6 medium