CVE-2022-26353: Use After Free

Published Mar 11, 2022
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Updated

A flaw was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU version: 6.2.0.

Other sources

Commit bedd7e93d0196 ("virtio-net: fix use after unmap/free for sg") tries to fix the use after free of the sg by caching the virtqueue elements in an array and unmap them at once after receiving the packets, But it forgot to unmap the cached elements on error which will lead to leaking of mapping and other unexpected results.

Upstream patch: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-03/msg02438.html

Red Hat

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
Qemu Qemu=6.2.0
Debian Debian Linux=11.0
debian/qemu
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u31:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u21:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u121:10.0.0~rc2+ds-21:10.0.0~rc3+ds-2

Event History

Mar 11, 2022
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·02:03 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Mar 16, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:02 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:02 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Jan 12, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·12:07 AM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·01:48 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Feb 27, 2025
Data Sourced
via Debian·01:02 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this flaw?

The vulnerability ID for this flaw is CVE-2022-26353.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-26353?

The severity of CVE-2022-26353 is high with a severity value of 7.5.

3

Which versions of QEMU are affected by CVE-2022-26353?

QEMU version 6.2.0 is affected by CVE-2022-26353.

4

How was CVE-2022-26353 introduced?

CVE-2022-26353 was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748.

5

Are there any known fixes for CVE-2022-26353?

Yes, there are known fixes available. Please refer to the provided references for more information.

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