Description
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.
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 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | — | — |
| 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.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9 | qemu-img +19 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | RHSA-2023:6368 |
AlmaLinux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9 | qemu-img +19 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | ALSA-2023:6368 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 9 | qemu-img +18 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | ELSA-2023-6368 |
Advisories 4
- ALSA-2023:6368 Moderate: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- RHSA-2023:6368 Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- ELSA-2023-6368 Moderate: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Nov 11, 2023
- WID-SEC-2023-2350 QEMU: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 7, 2023