Reachable Assertion Affecting qemu-arm package, versions <4.2.1-11.16.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-QEMUARM-2684528
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Apr 2021

Introduced: 16 Apr 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 qemu-arm to version 4.2.1-11.16.3 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.

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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