QEMU Hot-Unplug Race: virtio-net PCI Frontend Assertion Crash
CVE-2023-3301 Published on September 13, 2023
Triggerable assertion due to race condition in hot-unplug
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 frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-3301 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 97 days later.
Weakness Type
What is an assertion failure Vulnerability?
The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.
CVE-2023-3301 has been classified to as an assertion failure vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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