CVE-2022-0216

Medium

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation of QEMU. The flaw occurs while processing repeated messages to cancel the current SCSI request via the lsi_do_msgout function. This flaw allows a malicious privileged user within the guest to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.4

Exploit probability—

Product

Qemu

PublishedAug 26, 2022

First seenAug 26, 2022

Weakness typeCWE-416Use after free

How to fix

Update

qemu qemu6.0.0 or later

Vendor advisories

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZTY7TVHX62OJWF6IOBCIGLR2N5K4QN3E/

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
qemu qemu	v < 6.0.0	6.0.0
fedoraproject fedora	37	—

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