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High RLSA-2021:0711 1 CVE

Important: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security update

Published Mar 3, 2021 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:Rocky Linux module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

Security Fix(es):

* QEMU: virtiofsd: potential privileged host device access from guest (CVE-2020-35517)

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.

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 hivex 0:1.3.18-20.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 libguestfs-winsupport 0:8.2-1.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 libiscsi 0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61
Rocky Linux · 8 libiscsi 0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 libiscsi 0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afdd
Rocky Linux · 8 libnbd 0:1.2.2-1.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-dbus 0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-dbus 0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-dbus 0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afdd
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-python 0:6.0.0-1.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 nbdkit 0:1.16.2-4.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 netcf 0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61
Rocky Linux · 8 netcf 0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 netcf 0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afdd
Rocky Linux · 8 perl-Sys-Virt 0:6.0.0-1.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 seabios 0:1.13.0-2.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 sgabios 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61
Rocky Linux · 8 sgabios 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e
Rocky Linux · 8 sgabios 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afdd
Rocky Linux · 8 supermin 0:5.1.19-10.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823