Denial of service in QEMU LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU68551

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0216

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation of QEMU when processing repeated messages to cancel the current SCSI request via the lsi_do_msgout() function. A remote user on the guest OS can trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service attack against the QEMU host.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

QEMU: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/4367a20cc4
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0216
https://starlabs.sg/advisories/22/22-0216/
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/972
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036953

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.