SB2024042936 - Privilege escalation in QEMU virtio devices
Published: April 29, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024042936
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Double free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3446)
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in QEMU virtio devices (virtio-gpu, virtio-serial-bus, virtio-crypto), where the mem_reentrancy_guard flag insufficiently protects against DMA reentrancy issues. A malicious guest can trigger a double free error and execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process on the host.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.