CVE-2022-26354

Description

A flaw was found in the vhost-vsock device of QEMU. In case of error, an invalid element was not detached from the virtqueue before freeing its memory, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU versions <= 6.2.0.

Category

3.2
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.01%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a qemu-kvm
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/8d1b247f3748ac4078524130c6d7ae42b6140aaf third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00002.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0003/ third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-26354?
CVE-2022-26354 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-26354?
To fix CVE-2022-26354, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-26354 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-26354 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-26354?
CVE-2022-26354 affects n/a qemu-kvm.
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