First published: Thu Jun 17 2021(Updated: )
A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device in versions prior to 6.1.0. The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_REG_DSRHIGH" write from the guest and may result in a crash of QEMU or cause undefined behavior due to the access of an uninitialized pointer. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
QEMU qemu | <6.1.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =34 | |
redhat/qemu-kvm | <6.1.0 | 6.1.0 |
debian/qemu | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 1:9.2.0+ds-2 |
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The vulnerability ID is CVE-2021-3608.
The severity level of CVE-2021-3608 is medium.
Software versions prior to 6.1.0 of QEMU, Debian Linux 10.0, and Fedora 34 are affected by CVE-2021-3608.
To fix CVE-2021-3608, update QEMU to version 6.1.0 or higher and apply any available patches from the respective vendors.
You can find more information about CVE-2021-3608 in the references provided: [Bugzilla Red Hat](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973383), [QEMU Devel Mailing List](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-06/msg07926.html), [NetApp Security Advisory](https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0002/).