CVE-2021-4145
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CVE-2021-4145 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the block mirror layer of QEMU in versions prior to 6.2.0. The `self` pointer is dereferenced in mirror_wait_on_conflicts() without ensuring that it's not NULL. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the block mirror layer of QEMU in versions prior to 6.2.0. The `self` pointer is dereferenced in mirror_wait_on_conflicts() without ensuring that it's not NULL. A malicious unprivileged user within the guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host when writing data reaches the threshold of mirroring node.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | 6.1.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034602Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/66fed30c9cd11854fc878a4eceb507e915d7c9cdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220311-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034602Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/66fed30c9cd11854fc878a4eceb507e915d7c9cdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220311-0004/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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