SB2022030138 - Anolis OS update for virt:an module
Published: March 1, 2022 Updated: March 28, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3930)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in the SCSI device emulation in QEMU. A remote user on the guest OS can can trigger an off-by-one error while processing MODE SELECT commands in mode_sense_page() if the 'page' argument is set to MODE_PAGE_ALLS (0x3f). Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in QEMU crash.
2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20257)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the e1000 NIC emulator when processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc of QEMU. A remote user can consume all available CPU resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.