CVE-2020-35503

NameCVE-2020-35503
DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the megasas-gen2 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before and including 6.0. This issue occurs in the megasas_command_cancelled() callback function while dropping a SCSI request. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Debian Bugs979678

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3vulnerable
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7vulnerable
sid, trixie1:9.1.0+ds-8vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusource(unstable)(unfixed)979678

Notes

[bookworm] - qemu <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - qemu <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[buster] - qemu <postponed> (Minor issue, waiting for sanctioned patch)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1910346
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-12/msg06065.html
https://patchew.org/QEMU/20201224175441.67538-1-mcascell@redhat.com/
No sanctioned upstream patch as of 2024-08-06

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