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.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: qemu-kvm (8.0.0). (BZ#2180898)
Security Fix(es):
* QEMU: hcd-ehci: DMA reentrancy issue (incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750) (CVE-2023-2680)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 20
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-guest-agent | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-img | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-audio-pa | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-block-blkio | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-block-curl | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-block-rbd | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-common | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-core | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-device-usb-host | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-docs | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-tools | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-kvm-ui-opengl | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | qemu-pr-helper | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.5
Dma reentrancy issue (incomplete fix for cve-2021-3750)
This CVE exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750. More specifically, the qemu-kvm package as released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 via RHSA-2022:7967 included a version of qemu-kvm that was actually missing the fix for CVE-2021-3750.
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Unscored —
A DMA reentrancy issue was found in the USB EHCI controller emulation of QEMU. EHCI does not verify if the Buffer Point…