CVE-2024-4693 Qemu: virtio-pci: improper release of configure vector leads to guest triggerable crash

2024-05-1012:57:41

CWE-672

redhat

www.cve.org

qemu

virtio pci bindings

guest-triggerable crash

vhost_net_stop

irqfd

cve-2024-4693

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

A flaw was found in the QEMU Virtio PCI Bindings (hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c). An improper release and use of the irqfd for vector 0 during the boot process leads to a guest triggerable crash via vhost_net_stop(). This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash the QEMU process on the host.

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm-ma",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "virt:rhel/qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "virt:av/qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
    ]
  }
]