| Name | CVE-2024-2496 |
| Description | A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3778-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 11.2.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt | source | buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | DLA-3778-1 | ||
| libvirt | source | bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u3 | |||
| libvirt | source | bookworm | 9.0.0-4+deb12u1 | |||
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | 9.8.0-1 |
Fixed by: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/2ca94317ac642a70921947150ced8acc674ccdc8 (v9.8.0-rc1)