Bug 2401209 (CVE-2025-11234)

Summary: CVE-2025-11234 qemu-kvm: VNC WebSocket handshake use-after-free
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Version: unspecifiedCC: ailan, ddepaula, jen, jferlan, jmaloy, kkiwi, knoel, mrezanin, mst, nilal, pbonzini, ymankad
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A flaw was found in QEMU. If the QIOChannelWebsock object is freed while it is waiting to complete a handshake, a GSource is leaked. This can lead to the callback firing later on and triggering a use-after-free in the use of the channel. This can be abused by a malicious client with network access to the VNC WebSocket port to cause a denial of service during the WebSocket handshake prior to the VNC client authentication.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-03 09:48:17 UTC 
If the QIOChannelWebsock object is freed while it is waiting to complete a handshake, a GSource is leaked. This can lead to the callback firing later on and triggering a use-after-free in the use of the channel. This flaw can be abused by a malicious client with network access to the VNC WebSocket port to cause a denial of service during the WebSocket handshake prior to the VNC client authentication.

Reported-by:
Grant Millar | Cylo <rid>

Upstream patch:
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2025-10/msg00786.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2025-12-17 04:06:24 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2025:23228 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23228
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-15 18:46:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

Via RHSA-2026:0326 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0326
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-15 18:55:03 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

Via RHSA-2026:0332 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0332