Bug 2036998 (CVE-2021-4206) - CVE-2021-4206 QEMU: QXL: integer overflow in cursor_alloc() can lead to heap buffer overflow
Summary: CVE-2021-4206 QEMU: QXL: integer overflow in cursor_alloc() can lead to heap ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-4206
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2040732 2040733 2040734 2040735 2070901 2070903 2082622
Blocks: 2040471 2054405
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Reported: 2022-01-04 15:43 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2024-03-29 09:19 UTC (History)
35 users (show)

Fixed In Version: qemu-kvm 7.0.0
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A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. An integer overflow in the cursor_alloc() function can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.
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Last Closed: 2022-06-13 15:50:22 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:5002 0 None None None 2022-06-13 11:51:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:5821 0 None None None 2022-08-02 10:01:09 UTC

Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-04 15:43:00 UTC 
In the QEMU QXL video acelerator a integer overflow leads to heap overflow in qxl_unpack_chunks function.
Comment 4 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2022-04-01 10:10:56 UTC 
Created qemu tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2070903]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2070901]
Comment 5 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2022-04-01 10:21:41 UTC 
STAR Labs security advisory: https://starlabs.sg/advisories/21/21-4206.
Comment 6 Salvatore Bonaccorso 2022-04-07 04:25:49 UTC 
Hi

Is CVE-2021-4206  here correct? The starlabs.sg advisory say it's CVE-2022-4206.

Regards,
salvatore
Comment 7 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2022-04-07 08:00:13 UTC 
Hi Salvatore, this issue was discovered by STAR Labs in 2021 and CVE-2021-4206 is the correct CVE id. I asked them to update the page. Thank you for the heads up.
Comment 8 Salvatore Bonaccorso 2022-04-07 19:23:32 UTC 
Hi Mauro,

(In reply to Mauro Matteo Cascella from comment #7)
> Hi Salvatore, this issue was discovered by STAR Labs in 2021 and
> CVE-2021-4206 is the correct CVE id. I asked them to update the page. Thank
> you for the heads up.

Thank you!

Regards,
Salvatore
Comment 10 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2022-04-08 15:39:38 UTC 
Upstream fix:
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/fa892e9a
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2022-06-13 11:51:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8.4.0.EUS

Via RHSA-2022:5002 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5002
Comment 12 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-06-13 15:50:18 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4206
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2022-08-02 10:01:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:5821 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5821
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