Bug 2034195 (CVE-2021-4147)

Summary: CVE-2021-4147 libvirt: deadlock and crash in libxl driver
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: agedosier, berrange, clalancette, crobinso, eblake, jdenemar, jforbes, jsuchane, knoel, laine, libvirt-maint, pkrempa, veillard, virt-maint, virt-maint
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: libvirt 2.33.0 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver. A malicious guest could continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.
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Last Closed: 2021-12-20 14:19:50 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2034252    
Bug Blocks: 2034186, 2034658    

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2021-12-20 11:37:31 UTC
A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver. A rouge guest could continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition. See https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2021-November/msg00908.html.

Comment 3 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2021-12-20 13:48:21 UTC
Created libvirt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2034252]