CVE-2021-3544
Publication date 2 June 2021
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Several memory leaks were found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (vhost-user-gpu) of QEMU in versions up to and including 6.0. They exist in contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c and contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c due to improper release of memory (i.e., free) after effective lifetime.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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qemu | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.17
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|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
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qemu-kvm | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Patch details
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-5010-1
- QEMU vulnerabilities
- 15 July 2021
- USN-5307-1
- QEMU vulnerabilities
- 28 February 2022
Other references
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01155.html
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01151.html
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01157.html
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01152.html
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01156.html
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg01158.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3544