Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu-system-aarch64 package, versions <15:4.2.1-17.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUSYSTEMAARCH64-2848289
  • published27 May 2022
  • disclosed16 Mar 2022

Introduced: 16 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-26354  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-system-aarch64 to version 15:4.2.1-17.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-9432.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-system-aarch64 package and not the qemu-system-aarch64 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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

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