CVE-2021-20181

qemu: 9pfs: TOCTOU privilege escalation vulnerability

Published May 13, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A race condition flaw was found in the 9pfs server implementation of QEMU up to and including 5.2.0. This flaw allows a malicious 9p client to cause a use-after-free error, potentially escalating their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity as well as system availability.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2560-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3099-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7636 A race condition flaw was found in the 9pfs server implementation of QEMU up to and including 5.2.0. This flaw allows a malicious 9p client to cause a use-after-free error, potentially escalating their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity as well as system availability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4725-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8412-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 5:30 PM
Reserved
Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 13, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 14, 2021, 12:00 AM