CVE-2024-2496

2024-03-1510:07:37

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cve-2024-2496

udevconnectlistallinterfaces

libvirt

denial of service

red hat product security

5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.6%

JSON

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.