SB2022011044 - SUSE update for libvirt 

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SB2022011044 - SUSE update for libvirt

Published: January 10, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022011044
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3975)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the qemuMonitorUnregister() function in qemuProcessHandleMonitorEOF. An unprivileged client with a read-only connection can trigger the use-after-free error by calling the virConnectGetAllDomainStats API and crash the application.



2) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4147)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack (DoS) on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to double-locking error in the libvirt libxl driver in libxl/libxl_domain.c. A malicious guest can continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References