Description
softmmu/physmem.c in QEMU through 7.0.0 can perform an uninitialized read on the translate_fail path, leading to an io_readx or io_writex crash. NOTE: a third party states that the Non-virtualization Use Case in the qemu.org reference applies here, i.e., "Bugs affecting the non-virtualization use case are not considered security bugs at this time.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/f200ff158d5abcb974a6b597a962b6b2fbea2b06/softmmu/physmem.c
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/418ade7849ce7641c0f7333718caf5091a02fd4c
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3517fb726741c109cae7995f9ea46f0cab6187d6#diff-83c563ed6330dc5d49876f1116e7518b5c16654bbc6e9b4ea8e28f5833d576fcR482
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/v7.0.0/include/exec/cpu-all.h#L145-L148
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/3517fb726741c109cae7995f9ea46f0cab6187d6#diff-83c563ed6330dc5d49876f1116e7518b5c16654bbc6e9b4ea8e28f5833d576fcR482.aa
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1065
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg895266.html
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sick.codes/sick-2022-113
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html#non-virtualization-use-case
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
53.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
qemu/qemu
4.1.50 - 7.0.0
Published
Jul 11, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026