Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (13th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-1291053
- published 12 May 2021
- disclosed 2 Jun 2021
Introduced: 12 May 2021
CVE-2021-3544 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu
package and not the qemu
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Several memory leaks were found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. They exist in contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c and contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c due to improper release of memory (i.e., free) after effective lifetime.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3544
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958935
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27