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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2024-8178 EUVD-2024-49000GHSA-9qxr-9qr6-7x7w

Multiple issues in ctl(4) CAM Target Layer

Published Sep 5, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025 · Assigned by freebsd

Description

The ctl_write_buffer and ctl_read_buffer functions allocated memory to be returned to userspace, without initializing it.

Malicious software running in a guest VM that exposes virtio_scsi can exploit the vulnerabilities to achieve code execution on the host in the bhyve userspace process, which typically runs as root. Note that bhyve runs in a Capsicum sandbox, so malicious code is constrained by the capabilities available to the bhyve process. A malicious iSCSI initiator could achieve remote code execution on the iSCSI target host.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FreeBSD FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE – < p4, 14.0-RELEASE – < p10, 13.3-RELEASE – < p6 p4

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