Moderate: qemu-kvm security update
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM. Security Fix(es): * QEMU: SR-IOV: improper validation of NumVFs leads to buffer overflow (CVE-2024-26327) * QEMU: virtio: DMA reentrancy issue leads to double free vulnerability (CVE-2024-3446) * QEMU: Denial of Service via Improper Synchronization in QEMU NBD Server During Socket Closure (CVE-2024-7409) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM. Security Fix(es): * QEMU: SR-IOV: improper validation of NumVFs leads to buffer overflow (CVE-2024-26327) * QEMU: virtio: DMA reentrancy issue leads to double free vulnerability (CVE-2024-3446) * QEMU: Denial of Service via Improper Synchronization in QEMU NBD Server During Socket Closure (CVE-2024-7409) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9136
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26327
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3446
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7409
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2264844
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2274211
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302487
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-9136.html