NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu-kvm-common package, versions <15:2.12.0-88.module+el8.1.0+4233+bc44be3f
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed25 Apr 2019
Introduced: 25 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-12155 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 qemu-kvm-common to version 15:2.12.0-88.module+el8.1.0+4233+bc44be3f or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm-common package and not the qemu-kvm-common package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
interface_release_resource in hw/display/qxl.c in QEMU 3.1.x through 4.0.0 has a NULL pointer dereference.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/76
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/22/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12155
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4454
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3be7eb2f47bf71db5f80fcf8750ea395dd5ffdd2
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01321.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3723
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3345
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-2/
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3be7eb2f47bf71db5f80fcf8750ea395dd5ffdd2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/