CVE-2024-4418CWE-562

Libvirt: stack use-after-free in virnetclientioeventloop()

Medium · published May 8, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A race condition leading to a stack use-after-free flaw was found in libvirt. Due to a bad assumption in the virNetClientIOEventLoop() method, the `data` pointer to a stack-allocated virNetClientIOEventData structure ended up being used in the virNetClientIOEventFD callback while the data pointer's stack frame was concurrently being "freed" when returning from virNetClientIOEventLoop(). The 'virtproxyd' daemon can be used to trigger requests. If libvirt is configured with fine-grained access control, this issue, in theory, allows a user to escape their otherwise limited access. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to access virtproxyd without authenticating. Remote users would need to authenticate before they could access it.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00486 · 40.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-562 · Return of Stack Variable Address
Published
2024-05-08T03:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 03:03Z
    Libvirt: stack use-after-free in virnetclientioeventloop()
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