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High RLSA-2023:5264 2 CVEs

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

Published Mar 11, 2026 · Updated Mar 23, 2026

Summary

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel 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: VNC: improper I/O watch removal in TLS handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service (CVE-2023-3354)

* NTFS-3G: buffer overflow issue in NTFS-3G can cause code execution via crafted metadata in an NTFS image (CVE-2022-40284)

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):

* "No bootable device" with OS boot disk interface VirtIO-SCSI and with more than 9 VirtIO disks. (BZ#2228485)

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 hivex 0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 hivex 0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 libguestfs 1:1.44.0-9.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb.rocky.rocky
Rocky Linux · 8 libguestfs 1:1.44.0-9.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969.rocky
Rocky Linux · 8 libiscsi 0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 libiscsi 0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 libnbd 0:1.6.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 libnbd 0:1.6.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 libtpms 0:0.9.1-2.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 libtpms 0:0.9.1-2.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-dbus 0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-dbus 0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-python 0:8.0.0-2.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 libvirt-python 0:8.0.0-2.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 nbdkit 0:1.24.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 nbdkit 0:1.24.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 netcf 0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 netcf 0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 perl-Sys-Virt 0:8.0.0-1.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 perl-Sys-Virt 0:8.0.0-1.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 seabios 0:1.16.0-4.module+el8.9.0+1408+7b966129
Rocky Linux · 8 sgabios 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 sgabios 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 supermin 0:5.2.1-2.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 supermin 0:5.2.1-2.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 swtpm 0:0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 swtpm 0:0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
Rocky Linux · 8 virt-v2v 1:1.42.0-22.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
Rocky Linux · 8 virt-v2v 1:1.42.0-22.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2216478
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236130