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Package "qemu-guest-agent"

Name: qemu-guest-agent

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Guest-side qemu-system agent
Latest version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.27
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: security
Repository: universe
Head package: qemu
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/

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Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.27 2025-09-11 17:07:28 UTC

  qemu (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.27) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: double-free in QEMU virtio devices
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-3446-pre1.patch: add an optional reentrancy
      guard to the BH API in docs/devel/multiple-iothreads.txt,
      include/block/aio.h, include/qemu/main-loop.h,
      tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c, util/async.c, util/main-loop.c,
      util/trace-events.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-3446-pre2.patch: replace most qemu_bh_new
      calls with qemu_bh_new_guarded.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-3446-pre3.patch: introduce
      virtio_bh_new_guarded() helper in hw/virtio/virtio.c,
      include/hw/virtio/virtio.h.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-3446-1.patch: protect from DMA re-entrancy
      bugs in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-3446-2.patch: protect from DMA re-entrancy
      bugs in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-3446-3.patch: protect from DMA re-entrancy
      bugs in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c.
    - CVE-2024-3446
  * SECURITY UPDATE: heap overflow in SDHCI device emulation
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-3447.patch: do not update TRNMOD when Command
      Inhibit (DAT) is set in hw/sd/sdhci.c.
    - CVE-2024-3447
  * SECURITY UPDATE: resource consumption in disk utility
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-4467-pre1.patch: do not reopen data_file in
      invalidate_cache in block/qcow2.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-4467-1.patch: don't open data_file with
      BDRV_O_NO_IO in block/qcow2.c, tests/qemu-iotests/061*.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-4467-2.patch: don't store data-file with
      protocol in image in tests/qemu-iotests/244.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-4467-3.patch: don't store data-file with
      json: prefix in image in tests/qemu-iotests/270.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-4467-4.patch: parse filenames only when
      explicitly requested in block.c.
    - CVE-2024-4467
  * SECURITY UPDATE: heap overflow in virtio-net device RSS feature
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-6505.patch: ensure queue index fits with RSS
      in hw/net/virtio-net.c.
    - CVE-2024-6505
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Dos via improper synchronization during socket closure
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-7409-1.patch: plumb in new args to
      nbd_client_add() in blockdev-nbd.c, include/block/nbd.h,
      nbd/server.c, qemu-nbd.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-7409-2.patch: cap default max-connections to
      100 in block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c, blockdev-nbd.c,
      include/block/nbd.h, qapi/block-export.json.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-7409-3.patch: close stray clients at
      server-stop in blockdev-nbd.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-7409-4.patch: drop non-negotiating clients in
      nbd/server.c, nbd/trace-events.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-7409-5.patch: avoid use-after-free when
      closing server in blockdev-nbd.c.
    - CVE-2024-7409
  * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS via assert failure in usb_ep_get()
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-8354.patch: change ohci validation in
      hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c, hw/usb/trace-events.
    - CVE-2024-8354
  * SECURITY UPDATE: possibly binfmt privilege escalation (LP: #2120814)
    - debian/binfmt-install: stop using C (Credentials) flag for
      binfmt_misc registration.

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:16:14 -0400
Source diff to previous version
2120814 binfmt_misc C (Credentials) flag as security risk with setuid binaries
CVE-2024-3446 A double free vulnerability was found in QEMU virtio devices (virtio-gpu, virtio-serial-bus, virtio-crypto), where the mem_reentrancy_guard flag insu
CVE-2024-3447 A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the SDHCI device emulation of QEMU. The bug is triggered when both `s->data_count` and the size of `s->fif
CVE-2024-4467 A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image file containing a `json:{}` value describing blo
CVE-2024-6505 A flaw was found in the virtio-net device in QEMU. When enabling the RSS feature on the virtio-net network card, the indirections_table data within R
CVE-2024-7409 A flaw was found in the QEMU NBD Server. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) attack via improper synchronization during socket closur
CVE-2024-8354 A flaw was found in QEMU. An assertion failure was present in the usb_ep_get() function in hw/net/core.c when trying to get the USB endpoint from a U

Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.24 2024-11-11 00:07:03 UTC

  qemu (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.24) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-3019-pre1.patch: Add definition for
      MemReentrancyGuard struct and add to DeviceState struct
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-3019-1.patch: Provide MemReentrancyGuard *
      to qemu_new_nic()
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-3019-2.patch: Update MemReentrancyGuard for
      NIC
    - CVE-2023-3019

 -- Bruce Cable <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:33:28 +1100
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-3019 A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged gues

Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.22 2024-08-13 07:07:06 UTC

  qemu (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.22) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: null dereference
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-6683-1.patch: Check size before
      populating info->types data
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-6683-2.patch: Check clipboard types
      for if a callback needs to be set
    - CVE-2023-6683
  * SECURITY UPDATE: stack based buffer overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-6693.patch: Correctly copy vnet header
      when flushing TX
    - CVE-2023-6693
  * SECURITY UPDATE: integer underflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-24474.patch: Restrict non-DMA transfer
      length to that of available data
    - CVE-2024-24474

 -- Bruce Cable <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:08:05 +1000
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2023-6683 A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. The qemu_clipboard_request() function can be reached before
CVE-2023-6693 A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if g
CVE-2024-24474 QEMU before 8.2.0 has an integer underflow, and resultant buffer overflow, via a TI command when an expected non-DMA transfer length is less than the

Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.21 2024-06-06 14:07:04 UTC

  qemu (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.21) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY REGRESSION: 9pfs restrictions on sockets (LP: #2065579)
    - debian/patches/ubuntu/lp-2065579-9pfs-allow-sockets.patch: allow
      sockets and FIFOs to be opened in hw/9pfs/9p-util.h. The fix for
      CVE-2023-2861 was too restrictive for some use-cases.

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:25:53 -0400
Source diff to previous version
2065579 [UBUNTU 22.04] OS guest boot issues on 9p filesystem
CVE-2023-2861 A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. The 9pfs server did not prohibit opening special files on the host s

Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16 2024-01-08 19:07:01 UTC

  qemu (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: infinite loop in USB xHCI controller
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-14394.patch: fix unbounded loop in
      hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c.
    - CVE-2020-14394
  * SECURITY UPDATE: OOB read in RDMA device
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-1544.patch: protect against buggy or
      malicious guest driver in hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_main.c.
    - CVE-2023-1544
  * SECURITY UPDATE: 9pfs special file access
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-2861.patch: prevent opening special files in
      fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c, hw/9pfs/9p-util.h.
    - CVE-2023-2861
  * SECURITY UPDATE: heap overflow in crypto device
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-3180.patch: verify src&dst buffer length for
      sym request in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c.
    - CVE-2023-3180
  * SECURITY UPDATE: infinite loop in VNC server
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-3255.patch: fix infinite loop in
      inflate_buffer in ui/vnc-clipboard.c.
    - CVE-2023-3255
  * SECURITY UPDATE: race in virtio-net hot-unplug
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-3301.patch: do not cleanup the vdpa/vhost-net
      structures if peer nic is present in net/vhost-vdpa.c.
    - CVE-2023-3301
  * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS in VNC server
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-3354.patch: remove io watch if TLS channel is
      closed during handshake in include/io/channel-tls.h,
      io/channel-tls.c.
    - CVE-2023-3354
  * SECURITY UPDATE: disk offset 0 access
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-5088.patch: cancel async DMA operation before
      resetting state in hw/ide/core.c.
    - CVE-2023-5088
  * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS in Intel HD Audio device
    - debian/patches/CVE-2021-3611-*.patch: add MemTxAttrs argument to
      DMA functions and use it in hw/audio/intel-hda.c.
    - CVE-2021-3611

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:53:27 -0500
CVE-2020-14394 An infinite loop flaw was found in the USB xHCI controller emulation of QEMU while computing the length of the Transfer Request Block (TRB) Ring. Thi
CVE-2023-1544 A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. This flaw allows a crafted guest driver to allocate and initialize a
CVE-2023-2861 A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. The 9pfs server did not prohibit opening special files on the host s
CVE-2023-3180 A flaw was found in the QEMU virtual crypto device while handling data encryption/decryption requests in virtio_crypto_handle_sym_req. There is no ch
CVE-2023-3255 A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. A wrong exit condition may lead to an infinite loop when in
CVE-2023-3301 A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci fr
CVE-2023-3354 A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server. When a client connects to the VNC server, QEMU checks whether the current number of connections cro
CVE-2023-5088 A bug in QEMU could cause a guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be targeted to offset 0 instead (potentially overw
CVE-2021-3611 A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU pr


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