CVE-2021-3735

Medium

Description

A deadlock issue was found in the AHCI controller device of QEMU. It occurs on a software reset (ahci_reset_port) while handling a host-to-device Register FIS (Frame Information Structure) packet from the guest. A privileged user inside the guest could use this flaw to hang the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedAug 26, 2022
First seenAug 26, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-667CWE-667

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemu6.1.0—
debian debian_linux10.0, 11.0—

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CVE-2021-3735 · Qemu · Dark Radar