Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting virt:rhel/sgabios package, versions <1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.6.0+14480+c0a3aa0f


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.72% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-4300671
  • published12 Mar 2022
  • disclosed8 Mar 2022

Introduced: 8 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-26353  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/sgabios to version 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.6.0+14480+c0a3aa0f or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5821.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt:rhel/sgabios package and not the virt:rhel/sgabios package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU version: 6.2.0.

CVSS Scores

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