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High ALSA-2023:5094 1 CVE

Important: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update

Published Sep 12, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.

Security Fix(es):

* QEMU: VNC: improper I/O watch removal in TLS handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service (CVE-2023-3354)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* [qemu-kvm] rhel guest failed boot with multi disks on error Failed to start udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization (BZ#2211923)
* [almalinux9.2] hotplug/hotunplug mlx vdpa device to the occupied addr port, then qemu core dump occurs after shutdown guest (BZ#2227721)

Fixed packages 19

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-guest-agent 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-img 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-audio-pa 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-block-curl 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-block-rbd 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-common 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-core 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-device-usb-host 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-docs 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-tools 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-kvm-ui-opengl 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 qemu-pr-helper 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.5.alma.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3354
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2216478
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5094.html