Double Free Affecting virt-v2v-man-pages-ja package, versions <1:1.42.0-22.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-VIRTV2VMANPAGESJA-10064995
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed9 Apr 2024

Introduced: 9 Apr 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 virt-v2v-man-pages-ja to version 1:1.42.0-22.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:6964.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt-v2v-man-pages-ja package and not the virt-v2v-man-pages-ja package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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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