CVE-2021-3748

QEMU: virtio-net: heap use-after-free in virtio_net_receive_rcu

Published Mar 23, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. It could occur when the descriptor's address belongs to the non direct access region, due to num_buffers being set after the virtqueue elem has been unmapped. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash QEMU, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potentially execute code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2970-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3099-1 qemu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4980-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27024 A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. It could occur when the descriptor's address belongs to the non direct access region, due to num_buffers being set after the virtqueue elem has been unmapped. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash QEMU, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potentially execute code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5307-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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