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CVE-2024-2496

Libvirt: null pointer dereference in udevconnectlistallinterfaces()



Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.

Reserved 2024-03-15 | Published 2024-03-18 | Updated 2024-11-15 | Assigner redhat


MEDIUM: 5.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

NULL Pointer Dereference

Product status

Default status
unaffected

9.0.0 before 9.7.0
affected

Default status
affected

0:10.0.0-6.el9_4 before *
unaffected

Default status
unknown

Default status
unknown

Default status
affected

Default status
affected

Timeline

2024-03-15:Reported to Red Hat.
2024-02-26:Made public.

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2236 (RHSA-2024:2236) vendor-advisory

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2496 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269672 (RHBZ#2269672) issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2024-2496)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-2496)

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