Description
A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.6
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-362
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (3)
qemu/qemu
< 8.0.3
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
Published
Sep 13, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026