Memory Leak Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,6.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007107
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-3544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 6.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. Several memory leaks were found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. They exist in contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c and contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c due to improper release of memory (i.e., free) after effective lifetime.

CVSS Scores

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