# Security update for qemu

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3744-1  
Release Date: 2024-10-22T13:34:33Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1224132
  * bsc#1229007
  * bsc#1229929
  * bsc#1230140
  * bsc#1230834
  * bsc#1230915
  * bsc#1231519

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2024-4693
  * CVE-2024-7409
  * CVE-2024-8354
  * CVE-2024-8612

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2024-4693 ( SUSE ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-7409 ( SUSE ):  8.2
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2024-7409 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-7409 ( NVD ):  7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-8354 ( SUSE ):  5.7
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2024-8354 ( SUSE ):  4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-8354 ( NVD ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-8354 ( NVD ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-8612 ( SUSE ):  2.0
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2024-8612 ( SUSE ):  3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2024-8612 ( NVD ):  3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

  
Affected Products:

  * Confidential Computing Module 15-SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6

  
  
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now
be installed.

## Description:

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

Security fixes:

  * CVE-2024-8354: Fixed assertion failure in usb_ep_get() (bsc#1230834)
  * CVE-2024-8612: Fixed information leak in virtio devices (bsc#1230915)

Update version to 8.2.7:

Security fixes:

  * CVE-2024-7409: Fixed denial of service via improper synchronization in QEMU
    NBD Server during socket closure (bsc#1229007)
  * CVE-2024-4693: Fixed improper release of configure vector in virtio-pci that
    lead to guest triggerable crash (bsc#1224132)

Other fixes:

  * added missing fix for ppc64 emulation that caused corruption in userspace
    (bsc#1230140)
  * target/ppc: Fix lxvx/stxvx facility check (bsc#1229929)
  * accel/kvm: check for KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM on VM (bsc#1231519)

Full changelog here:

https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-
devel/d9ff276f-f1ba-4e90-8343-a7a0dc2bf305@tls.msk.ru/

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * Confidential Computing Module 15-SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Confidential-Computing-15-SP6-2024-3744=1

## Package List:

  * Confidential Computing Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
    * qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-usb-host-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-display-qxl-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-spice-app-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-usb-redirect-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ksm-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-spice-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-nfs-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-dbus-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-pipewire-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-opengl-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-spice-core-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-img-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-x86-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-img-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-tools-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-usb-host-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-pr-helper-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-headless-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-dbus-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-usb-redirect-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-lang-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-spice-core-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-dbus-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-pr-helper-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-chardev-spice-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-spice-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-opengl-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-curl-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-accel-tcg-x86-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ui-spice-app-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-chardev-spice-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-x86-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-dbus-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-spice-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-debugsource-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-hw-display-qxl-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-accel-tcg-x86-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-audio-pipewire-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-chardev-baum-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-nfs-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-block-rbd-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-chardev-baum-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-tools-debuginfo-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
  * Confidential Computing Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
    * qemu-SLOF-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-seabios-8.2.71.16.3_3_ga95067eb-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-ipxe-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-skiboot-8.2.7-15061.6.coco15sp6.1
    * qemu-vgabios-8.2.71.16.3_3_ga95067eb-15061.6.coco15sp6.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4693.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7409.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8354.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8612.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224132
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229007
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229929
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230140
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230834
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230915
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231519

SUSE: 2024:3744-1 important: qemu Security Advisory Updates

October 22, 2024
* bsc#1224132 * bsc#1229007 * bsc#1229929 * bsc#1230140 * bsc#1230834

Summary

## This update for qemu fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * CVE-2024-8354: Fixed assertion failure in usb_ep_get() (bsc#1230834) * CVE-2024-8612: Fixed information leak in virtio devices (bsc#1230915) Update version to 8.2.7: Security fixes: * CVE-2024-7409: Fixed denial of service via improper synchronization in QEMU NBD Server during socket closure (bsc#1229007) * CVE-2024-4693: Fixed improper release of configure vector in virtio-pci that lead to guest triggerable crash (bsc#1224132) Other fixes: * added missing fix for ppc64 emulation that caused corruption in userspace (bsc#1230140) * target/ppc: Fix lxvx/stxvx facility check (bsc#1229929) * accel/kvm: check for KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM on VM (bsc#1231519) Full changelog here: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu- devel/d9ff276f-f1ba-4e90-8343-a7a0dc2bf305@tls.msk.ru/ ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1224132

* bsc#1229007

* bsc#1229929

* bsc#1230140

* bsc#1230834

* bsc#1230915

* bsc#1231519

Cross-

* CVE-2024-4693

* CVE-2024-7409

* CVE-2024-8354

* CVE-2024-8612

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-4693 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-7409 ( SUSE ): 8.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-7409 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-7409 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-8354 ( SUSE ): 5.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-8354 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-8354 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-8354 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-8612 ( SUSE ): 2.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-8612 ( SUSE ): 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L...

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Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3744-1
Release Date: 2024-10-22T13:34:33Z
Rating: important

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