Double Free Affecting virt:rhel/seabios package, versions <0:1.16.0-4.module+el8.9.0+19570+14a90618


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-8087965
  • published24 Sept 2024
  • disclosed4 Apr 2024

Introduced: 4 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-3446  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/seabios to version 0:1.16.0-4.module+el8.9.0+19570+14a90618 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6964.

NVD Description

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

A double free vulnerability was found in QEMU virtio devices (virtio-gpu, virtio-serial-bus, virtio-crypto), where the mem_reentrancy_guard flag insufficiently protects against DMA reentrancy issues. This issue could allow a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or allow arbitrary code execution within the context of the QEMU process on the host.

CVSS Base Scores

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