CVE-2024-42134
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 6.9.9 - NULL Pointer Dereference in virtio-pci Admin Virtqueue Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
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