Qemu-kvm: hyperv/syndbg: missing mapped-length guard after cpu_physical_memory_map causes host oob write
A flaw was found in QEMU. This vulnerability allows a local attacker within a guest virtual machine to write data beyond its allocated memory. This occurs when cpu_physical_memory_map() returns a shorter length than expected, leading to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized access to guest memory or corruption of heap-allocated objects, potentially causing information disclosure, data integrity issues, or a denial of service.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
64 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
A flaw was found in QEMU. This vulnerability allows a local attacker within a guest virtual machine to write data beyond its allocated memory. This occurs when cpu_physical_memory_map() returns a shorter length than expected, leading to an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized access to guest memory or corruption of heap-allocated objects, potentially causing information disclosure, data integrity issues, or a denial of service.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3842
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458150
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/3xxx/CVE-2026-3842.json
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3842
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3842.json