vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2022-4172: Moderate: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2023-2162)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 29, 2022 | May 15, 2023 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 29, 2022
Added
May 15, 2023
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
An integer overflow and buffer overflow issues were found in the ACPI Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) device of QEMU in the read_erst_record() and write_erst_record() functions. Both issues may allow the guest to overrun the host buffer allocated for the ERST memory device. A malicious guest could use these flaws to crash the QEMU process on the host.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentalma-upgrade-qemu-imgalma-upgrade-qemu-kvmalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-audio-paalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-block-curlalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-block-rbdalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-commonalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-corealma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpualma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccwalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pcialma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vgaalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-device-usb-hostalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirectalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-docsalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-toolsalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headlessalma-upgrade-qemu-kvm-ui-openglalma-upgrade-qemu-pr-helper
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