CVE-2024-42134

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.9.9 - NULL Pointer Dereference in virtio-pci Admin Virtqueue Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-pci: Check if is_avq is NULL [bug] In the virtio_pci_common.c function vp_del_vqs, vp_dev->is_avq is involved to determine whether it is admin virtqueue, but this function vp_dev->is_avq may be empty. For installations, virtio_pci_legacy does not assign a value to vp_dev->is_avq. [fix] Check whether it is vp_dev->is_avq before use. [test] Test with virsh Attach device Before this patch, the following command would crash the guest system After applying the patch, everything seems to be working fine.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-476
Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 6.8.0 - 6.9.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.9.9 - 6.9.*
Linux/Linux fd27ef6b44bec26915c5b2b22c13856d9f0ba17a - 5e2024b0b9b3d5709e3f7e9b92951d7e29154106
Linux/Linux fd27ef6b44bec26915c5b2b22c13856d9f0ba17a - c8fae27d141a32a1624d0d0d5419d94252824498
linux/linux_kernel < 6.9.9
Published Jul 30, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026