A reachable assertion issue was found in the USB EHCI emulation code of QEMU. It could occur while processing USB requests due to missing handling of DMA memory map failure. A malicious privileged user within the guest may abuse this flaw to send bogus USB requests and crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
Weakness
The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | * | 5.1.1 (including) |
| Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8.2.1 | RedHat | virt:8.2-8020120210203174743.863bb0db | * |
| Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8.2.1 | RedHat | virt-devel:8.2-8020120210203174743.863bb0db | * |
| Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8.3.1 | RedHat | virt:8.3-8030120210211160750.71132145 | * |
| Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8.3.1 | RedHat | virt-devel:8.3-8030120210211160750.71132145 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | virt-devel:rhel-8040020210317013608.9f9e2e7e | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | virt:rhel-8040020210317013608.9f9e2e7e | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support | RedHat | virt-devel:rhel-8020020210203192122.4cda2c84 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support | RedHat | virt:rhel-8020020210203192122.4cda2c84 | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | esm-infra/focal | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | noble | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Qemu-kvm | Ubuntu | precise/esm | * |
Extended Description
While assertion is good for catching logic errors and reducing the chances of reaching more serious vulnerability conditions, it can still lead to a denial of service. For example, if a server handles multiple simultaneous connections, and an assert() occurs in one single connection that causes all other connections to be dropped, this is a reachable assertion that leads to a denial of service.
Potential Mitigations
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/22/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898579
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0004/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/22/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898579
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0004/