Memory corruption in QEMU
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_CMD_CREATE_MR" command due to improper memory remapping (mremap). This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash the QEMU process on the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | QEMU | qemu 2.17.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- QEMU Vendor— Affected qemu 2.17.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3582
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x7v7-hc56-547j
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-3582 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-3582 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x7v7-hc56-547j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-3582 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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