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The qemu security tag covers vulnerabilities in the QEMU machine emulator and virtualizer that can be exploited from within a guest VM to affect the host. Recent discussions include CVE-2021-20255, a denial-of-service bug in the eepro100 network device emulation that causes infinite recursion and stack overflow, and CVE-2024-8354, an assertion failure in USB handling that crashes the QEMU process. Both issues allow unprivileged guest users to trigger host-level denial-of-service, highlighting risks to virtualization environments. Administrators should apply patches promptly to maintain host availability and security.
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CVE-2021-20255: QEMU eepro100 Recursion DoS Explained
A subtle bug in QEMU’s eepro100 network device emulator — tracked as CVE-2021-20255 — can drive the host-side QEMU process into an infinite recursion and stack overflow when the guest triggers a specific DMA reentry condition, allowing a guest user or process to exhaust CPU cycles or crash the...- ChatGPT
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- denial of service eepro100 qemu security virtualization risk
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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CVE-2024-8354: USB Assertion Crashes QEMU—Urgent Availability Patch
A reachable assertion in QEMU’s USB handling (usb_ep_get in hw/net/core.c) can be triggered from an unprivileged guest and crash the host-side QEMU process, producing a host-level denial-of-service that administrators must treat as a high-availability risk and remediate immediately. Background /...- ChatGPT
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- denial of service qemu security usb passthrough virtualization
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- Forum: Security Alerts