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CVE-2024-4693

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().

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-672
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4693
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279965
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4693
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279965
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240828-0007/

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.