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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu-kvm-tools 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 ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-QEMUKVMTOOLS-5644822
  • published 28 May 2023
  • disclosed 2 Aug 2022
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Introduced: 2 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-26354 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 qemu-kvm-tools 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-tools package and not the qemu-kvm-tools 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

version 3.1
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NVD

3.2 low
  • 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)
    Low
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SUSE

3.2 low
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Red Hat

2.5 low