CVE-2021-3667

NameCVE-2021-3667
DescriptionAn improper locking issue was found in the virStoragePoolLookupByTargetPath API of libvirt. It occurs in the storagePoolLookupByTargetPath function where a locked virStoragePoolObj object is not properly released on ACL permission failure. Clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to acquire the lock and prevent other users from accessing storage pool/volume APIs, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3778-1
Debian Bugs991594

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvirt (PTS)bullseye7.0.0-3+deb11u3fixed
bookworm9.0.0-4+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie10.9.0-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvirtsourcestretch(not affected)
libvirtsourcebuster5.0.0-4+deb10u2DLA-3778-1
libvirtsourcebullseye7.0.0-3+deb11u3
libvirtsource(unstable)7.6.0-1991594

Notes

[stretch] - libvirt <not-affected> (Introduced in 4.1)
https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=447f69dec47e1b0bd15ecd7cd49a9fd3b050fb87 (v7.6.0-rc1)
Introduced in https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=7aa0e8c0cb8a6293d0c6f7e3d29c13b96dec2129

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