NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package qemu  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-QEMU-6702166
  • published29 Apr 2024
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2022-36648  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:24.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The hardware emulation in the of_dpa_cmd_add_l2_flood of rocker device model in QEMU, as used in 7.0.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to crash the host qemu and potentially execute code on the host via execute a malformed program in the guest OS. Note: This has been disputed by multiple third parties as not a valid vulnerability due to the rocker device not falling within the virtualization use case.