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CVE — High

CVE-2021-32846

HyperKit is a toolkit for embedding hypervisor capabilities in an application. In versions 0.20210107, function pci_vtsock_proc_tx in virtio-sock can lead to to uninitialized memory use. In this situation, there is a check for the return value to be less or equal to VTSOCK_MAXSEGS, but that check is not sufficient because the function can return -1 if it finds an error it cannot recover from. Moreover, the negative return value will be used by iovec_pull in a while condition that can further lead to more corruption because the function is not designed to handle a negative iov_len. This issue may lead to a guest crashing the host causing a denial of service and, under certain circumstance, memory corruption. This issue is fixed in commit af5eba2360a7351c08dfd9767d9be863a50ebaba.

CVSS v3.1
7.7 HIGH
EPSS
0.32%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Feb 17, 2023
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024