CVE-2011-2212

Publication date 20 June 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain privileges via a crafted indirect descriptor related to "virtqueue in and out requests."

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu-kvm	11.04 natty	Fixed 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.3
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 0.12.5+noroms-0ubuntu7.8
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.12
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

be careful, 0.14.1 and Debian do not have the patch

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu-kvm	Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0919.html

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1165-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
6 July 2011

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2212