Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting qemu-arm package, versions <4.2.1-11.25.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-QEMUARM-2669518
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2021

Introduced: 27 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-3608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 qemu-arm to version 4.2.1-11.25.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-arm package and not the qemu-arm package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device in versions prior to 6.1.0. The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_REG_DSRHIGH" write from the guest and may result in a crash of QEMU or cause undefined behavior due to the access of an uninitialized pointer. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Scores

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