CVE-2021-4145

NameCVE-2021-4145
DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the block mirror layer of QEMU in versions prior to 6.2.0. The `self` pointer is dereferenced in mirror_wait_on_conflicts() without ensuring that it's not NULL. A malicious unprivileged user within the guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host when writing data reaches the threshold of mirroring node.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23fixed
stretch (security)1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19fixed
buster1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8fixed
buster (security)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12fixed
bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5fixed
trixie1:8.2.1+ds-2fixed
sid1:8.2.2+ds-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcejessie(not affected)
qemusourcestretch(not affected)
qemusourcebuster(not affected)
qemusourcebullseye(not affected)
qemusource(unstable)1:6.2+dfsg-1

Notes

[bullseye] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[buster] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Introduced by: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/d44dae1a7cf782ec9235746ebb0e6c1a20dd7288 (v6.1.0-rc0)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/66fed30c9cd11854fc878a4eceb507e915d7c9cd (v6.2.0-rc0)
[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)

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