| Name | CVE-2015-3214 |
| Description | The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 and QEMU before 2.3.1 does not distinguish between read lengths and write lengths, which might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by triggering use of an invalid index. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3348-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 795461 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.11.4-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.5-1 | fixed |
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:9.1.0+ds-8 | fixed |
| sid | 1:9.1.1+ds-2 | fixed |
| xen (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.4.4lts5-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.37-1 | | | |
| qemu | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u2 | | DSA-3348-1 | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a | | | 795461 |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| xen | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.4.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.3.0)
[squeeze] - qemu <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.3.0)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.3.0)
[wheezy] - xen <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.3.0, embedded version is 0.10.2)
Xen switched to qemu-system in 4.4.0-1
Upstream commit: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=d4862a87e31a51de9eb260f25c9e99a75efe3235
Introduced in http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=0505bcdec8228d8de39ab1a02644e71999e7c052 (v1.3.0-rc0)
- linux <not-affected> (Fixed before linux-2.6 -> linux rename, v2.6.33-rc8)
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (KVM not supported in Squeeze LTS)
Upstream commit: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 (v2.6.33-rc8)