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CVE-2023-40360

Published: 14 August 2023

QEMU through 8.0.4 accesses a NULL pointer in nvme_directive_receive in hw/nvme/ctrl.c because there is no check for whether an endurance group is configured before checking whether Flexible Data Placement is enabled.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Introduced in 8.0.0

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
lunar Not vulnerable
(code not present)
mantic
Released (1:8.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu3.23.10.2)
noble
Released (1:8.1.3+ds-1ubuntu1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7b98

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H