USN-6977-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Packages

• qemu - Machine emulator and virtualizer

Details

It was discovered that QEMU did not properly handle certain memory
operations, which could result in a buffer overflow. An attacker could
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-26327)

It was discovered that QEMU did not properly handle certain memory
operations, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. An
attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-26328)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04

• qemu-system - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
• qemu-system-arm - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
• qemu-system-mips - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
• qemu-system-misc - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
• qemu-system-ppc - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
• qemu-system-s390x - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
• qemu-system-sparc - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
• qemu-system-x86 - 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2

After a standard system update you need to restart all QEMU virtual
machines to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2024-26327
• CVE-2024-26328