Description
A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. When a local user in the guest writes an executable file with SUID or SGID, none of these privileged bits are correctly dropped. As a result, in rare circumstances, this flaw could be used by malicious users in the guest to elevate their privileges within the guest and help a host local user to elevate privileges on the host.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | qemu | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — |
| Fedora | Fedora | — | — |
| Fedora | Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux | — | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | qemu | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | qemu +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | qemu +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | qemu | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | qemu | No fix yet | — |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | qemu | No fix yet | — |
| Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) | qemu | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | qemu +14 | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2023-1836 QEMU: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 19, 2023