Improper Locking Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl package, versions <5.1.0-8.29.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERLIBXL-2659069
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Oct 2021

Introduced: 27 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-3667  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl to version 5.1.0-8.29.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

An improper locking issue was found in the virStoragePoolLookupByTargetPath API of libvirt. It occurs in the storagePoolLookupByTargetPath function where a locked virStoragePoolObj object is not properly released on ACL permission failure. Clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to acquire the lock and prevent other users from accessing storage pool/volume APIs, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Scores

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