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):
* libvirt: negative g_new0 length can lead to unbounded memory allocation (CVE-2024-2494)
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 18
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 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+1590+a67ab969.rocky |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | libguestfs-winsupport | 0:8.10-1.module+el8.10.0+1451+358d0d76 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | libiscsi | 0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | libnbd | 0:1.6.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | libtpms | 0:0.9.1-2.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | libvirt | 0:8.0.0-23.1.module+el8.10.0+1779+84732956 |
| 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 | nbdkit | 0:1.24.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | netcf | 0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | perl-Sys-Virt | 0:8.0.0-1.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | qemu-kvm | 5:6.2.0-49.module+el8.10.0+1752+38c6b60a |
| 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+1590+a67ab969 |
| Rocky Linux · 8 | supermin | 0:5.2.1-2.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969 |
| 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+1590+a67ab969 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.2
Libvirt: negative g_new0 length can lead to unbounded memory allocation
A flaw was found in the RPC library APIs of libvirt. The RPC server deserialization code allocates memory for arrays before the non-negative length check is performed by the C API entry points. Passing a negative length to the g_new0 function results in a cra…
References
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270115