Use After Free Affecting qemu-virtiofsd package, versions <15:6.1.1-5.module+el8.7.0+20916+50473d5a


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-QEMUVIRTIOFSD-3363848
  • published24 Jan 2023
  • disclosed29 Mar 2022

Introduced: 29 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-1050  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 qemu-virtiofsd to version 15:6.1.1-5.module+el8.7.0+20916+50473d5a or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-12195.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-virtiofsd package and not the qemu-virtiofsd package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. This flaw allows a crafted guest driver to execute HW commands when shared buffers are not yet allocated, potentially leading to a use-after-free condition.

CVSS Base Scores

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