CVE-2024-2496
Libvirt: null pointer dereference in udevconnectlistallinterfaces()
Summary
Libvirt: null pointer dereference in udevconnectlistallinterfaces()
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2496 libvirt Fixed in: 7.0.0-3+deb11u3
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2496 libvirt Fixed in: 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm2
References
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package gitlab.com
- report bugzilla.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web lists.debian.org