Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-3544 - Memory Leak vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | Qemu
| 67 |
| OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/31/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958935
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1958935
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4980