CVE-2022-26353
This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU version: 6.2.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.74% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/abe300d9d894f7138e1af7c8e9c88c04bfe98b37Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-03/msg02438.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/abe300d9d894f7138e1af7c8e9c88c04bfe98b37Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-03/msg02438.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.