Bug 2272951 (CVE-2024-31420)

Summary:	CVE-2024-31420 cnv: DoS through repeatedly calling vm-dump-metrics until virt handler crashes
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Zack Miele <zmiele>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dholler, dkenigsb, fdeutsch, oramraz, smullick
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	cnv 4.15.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in KubeVirt. This flaw allows an attacker who has access to a virtual machine guest on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled to cause a denial of service by issuing a high number of calls to vm-dump-metrics --virtio and then deleting the virtual machine.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2024-08-19 13:38:14 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	2270471

Description Zack Miele 2024-04-03 13:04:43 UTC

The issue is a Denial-of-Service through repeatedly calling vm-dump-metrics until virt handler crashes (and is not able to recover on its own)

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-08-28 16:28:55 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEL-9-CNV-4.15

Via RHSA-2024:5951 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5951

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2025-03-11 11:41:24 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEL-9-CNV-4.15

Via RHSA-2025:2658 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2658