Vulnerability CVE-2022-4172


Published: 2022-11-29

Description:
An integer overflow and buffer overflow issues were found in the ACPI Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) device of QEMU in the read_erst_record() and write_erst_record() functions. Both issues may allow the guest to overrun the host buffer allocated for the ERST memory device. A malicious guest could use these flaws to crash the QEMU process on the host.

Type:

CWE-190

(Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

 References:
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/defb7098
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1268
https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20221024154233.1043347-1-lk@c--e.de/

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