Reachable Assertion Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:6.0.0-35.1.module+el8.4.0+642+7e26f5e1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBVIRT-3288888
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed6 Nov 2020

Introduced: 6 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-27617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libvirt to version 0:6.0.0-35.1.module+el8.4.0+642+7e26f5e1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:3061.

NVD Description

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

eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.

CVSS Scores

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