CVE-2023-3750

MEDIUM

libvirt - Denial of Service via Race Condition in virStoragePoolObjListSearch

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in libvirt. The virStoragePoolObjListSearch function does not return a locked pool as expected, resulting in a race condition and denial of service when attempting to lock the same object from another thread. This issue could allow clients connecting to the read-only socket to crash the libvirt daemon.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6409
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3750
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222210

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (2)
redhat/enterprise_linux 9.0
redhat/libvirt
Published Jul 24, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026