CVE details
CVE-2023-3301
A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.
Affected ports (2)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| emulators/qemu-cheri | qemu-cheri | 0.d20260108 | unaddressed | brooks@FreeBSD.org |
| emulators/qemu-user-static | qemu-user-static | 3.1.0_16 | unaddressed | emulation@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>qemu-cheri</name>
<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
</package>
<package>
<name>qemu-user-static</name>
<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a
race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the
virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could
use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of
service.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2023-3301</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3301</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2023-09-13</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>