CVE-2021-32846

High

Description

HyperKit is a toolkit for embedding hypervisor capabilities in an application. In versions 0.20210107, function `pci_vtsock_proc_tx` in `virtio-sock` can lead to to uninitialized memory use. In this situation, there is a check for the return value to be less or equal to `VTSOCK_MAXSEGS`, but that check is not sufficient because the function can return `-1` if it finds an error it cannot recover from. Moreover, the negative return value will be used by `iovec_pull` in a while condition that can further lead to more corruption because the function is not designed to handle a negative `iov_len`. This issue may lead to a guest crashing the host causing a denial of service and, under certain circumstance, memory corruption. This issue is fixed in commit af5eba2360a7351c08dfd9767d9be863a50ebaba.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.7
Exploit probability—
ProductMobyproject Hyperkit
PublishedFeb 17, 2023
First seenFeb 17, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-908CWE-908

How to fix

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mobyproject hyperkitv ≤ 0.20210107—

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