Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting qemu-kvm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-QEMUKVM-2023534
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Apr 2021

Introduced: 30 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-3527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 qemu-kvm.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm package and not the qemu-kvm package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the USB redirector device (usb-redir) of QEMU. Small USB packets are combined into a single, large transfer request, to reduce the overhead and improve performance. The combined size of the bulk transfer is used to dynamically allocate a variable length array (VLA) on the stack without proper validation. Since the total size is not bounded, a malicious guest could use this flaw to influence the array length and cause the QEMU process to perform an excessive allocation on the stack, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1