Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu-system-x86 package, versions <12:2.9.0-20.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUSYSTEMX86-2542882
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 Dec 2018

Introduced: 20 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20126  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-system-x86 to version 12:2.9.0-20.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4556.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-system-x86 package and not the qemu-system-x86 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_cmd.c in QEMU allows create_cq and create_qp memory leaks because errors are mishandled.

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