CVE-2024-4693
Qemu-kvm: virtio-pci: improper release of configure vector leads to guest triggerable crash
Description
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.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka Red Hat
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
Fabrice Bellard
individual-dev·FR
and 5 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4693
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279965
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240828-0007/
security.netapp.com
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