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CVE-2021-3748

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2022-03-23 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. It could occur when the descriptor's address belongs to the non direct access region, due to num_buffers being set after the virtqueue elem has been unmapped. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash QEMU, resulting in a denial of service condition, or potentially execute code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Virtualization EusCanonical Ubuntu LinuxRedhat Enterprise LinuxFedoraproject FedoraDebian Debian LinuxQemu Qemu

Weakness Type

CWE-416, CWE-416

References