CVE-2022-0897

libvirt: missing locking in nwfilterConnectNumOfNWFilters can lead to denial of service

Published Mar 25, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in the libvirt nwfilter driver. The virNWFilterObjListNumOfNWFilters method failed to acquire the driver->nwfilters mutex before iterating over virNWFilterObj instances. There was no protection to stop another thread from concurrently modifying the driver->nwfilters object. This flaw allows a malicious, unprivileged user to exploit this issue via libvirt's API virConnectNumOfNWFilters to crash the network filter management daemon (libvirtd/virtnwfilterd).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3778-1 libvirt security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5399-1 libvirt vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6126-1 libvirt vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 11:47 PM
Reserved
Mar 9, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 25, 2022, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:21 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 17, 2022, 12:00 AM