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CVE-2024-3567: Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum()

First published: Wed Apr 10 2024(Updated: )

A flaw was found in QEMU. An assertion failure was present in the update_sctp_checksum() function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c when trying to calculate the checksum of a short-sized fragmented packet. This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash QEMU and cause a denial of service condition.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
QEMU KVM>=8.1.0<8.2.3
QEMU KVM=9.0.0-rc0
QEMU KVM=9.0.0-rc1
QEMU KVM=9.0.0-rc2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=9.0

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