Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu-kvm package, versions <15:3.1.0-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUKVM-2543238
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Dec 2018

Introduced: 17 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20123  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-kvm to version 15:3.1.0-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4640.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

pvrdma_realize in hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_main.c in QEMU has a Memory leak after an initialisation error.

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