Memory Leak Affecting virt:8.2/qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-4414104
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed4 May 2021

Introduced: 4 May 2021

CVE-2021-3544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 virt:8.2/qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt:8.2/qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir package and not the virt:8.2/qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Several memory leaks were found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. They exist in contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c and contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c due to improper release of memory (i.e., free) after effective lifetime.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1