QID 355320

Date Published: 2023-06-06

QID 355320: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for qemu : ALAS2-2023-2061

a null pointer dereference flaw was found in the floppy disk emulator of qemu.
This issue occurs while processing read/write ioport commands if the selected floppy drive is not initialized with a block device.
This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the qemu process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (
( CVE-2021-20196) a use-after-free flaw was found in the megaraid emulator of qemu.
This issue occurs while processing scsi i/o requests in the case of an error mptsas_free_request() that does not dequeue the request object req from a pending requests queue.
Versions between 2.10.0 and 5.2.0 are potentially affected. (
( CVE-2021-3392) a flaw was found in the usb redirector device (usb-redir) of qemu.
Small usb packets are combined into a single, large transfer request, to reduce the overhead and improve performance.
The combined size of the bulk transfer is used to dynamically allocate a variable length array (vla) on the stack without proper validation.
Since the total size is not bounded, a malicious guest could use this flaw to influence the array length and cause the qemu process to perform an excessive allocation on the stack, resulting in a denial of service. (
( CVE-2021-3527) an off-by-one error was found in the scsi device emulation in qemu.
It could occur while processing mode select commands in mode_sense_page() if the page argument was set to mode_page_alls (0x3f).
A malicious guest could use this flaw to potentially crash qemu, resulting in a denial of service condition. (
( CVE-2021-3930) a flaw was found in the qxl display device emulation in qemu.

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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2023-2061 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2-2023-2061 amazon linux 2 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2061.html