CVE-2024-4693

Medium

Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU Virtio PCI Bindings (hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c). An improper release and use of the irqfd for vector 0 during the boot process leads to a guest triggerable crash via vhost_net_stop(). This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash the QEMU process on the host.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
PublishedMay 14, 2024
First seenMay 14, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-672CWE-672

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9No range specified—

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CVE-2024-4693 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Dark Radar