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medium 5.6

CVE-2023-3301 json

Triggerable assertion due to race condition in hot-unplug

published 2023-09-13 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-43974

cvss
5.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 12 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u1
  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13 1:8.0.3+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3301

  • qemu Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3301

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • SLOF RHEL 8 20210217-1.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
  • hivex RHEL 8 1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
  • netcf RHEL 8 0.2.8-12.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
  • swtpm RHEL 8 0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
  • libnbd RHEL 8 1.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
  • nbdkit RHEL 8 1.24.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
  • libtpms RHEL 8 0.9.1-2.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
  • libvirt RHEL 8 8.0.0-22.module+el8.9.0+19544+b3045133

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:6980

  • qemu SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 +1 more 7.1.0-150500.49.6.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +6 more 5.2.0-150300.127.3
  • qemu SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, SLE Micro 5.4 +4 more 6.2.0-150400.37.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3082-2SUSE-SU-2023:3444-1SUSE-SU-2023:3234-1SUSE-SU-2023:3082-1

  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13058-1

  • SLOF AlmaLinux 8 20210217-1.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703
  • hivex AlmaLinux 8 1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703
  • hivex AlmaLinux 8 1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+3161+a07c0ea5
  • netcf AlmaLinux 8 0.2.8-12.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703
  • netcf AlmaLinux 8 0.2.8-12.module_el8.6.0+3161+a07c0ea5
  • swtpm AlmaLinux 8 0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module_el8.7.0+3346+68867adb
  • libnbd AlmaLinux 8 1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703
  • libnbd AlmaLinux 8 1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+3161+a07c0ea5

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:6980

  • hivex Rocky Linux 8 1.3.18-23.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
  • hivex Rocky Linux 8 1.3.18-23.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
  • netcf Rocky Linux 8 0.2.8-12.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
  • netcf Rocky Linux 8 0.2.8-12.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
  • swtpm Rocky Linux 8 0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969
  • swtpm Rocky Linux 8 0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
  • libnbd Rocky Linux 8 1.6.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1835+43f01cbb
  • libnbd Rocky Linux 8 1.6.0-5.module+el8.10.0+1590+a67ab969

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:6980

  • qemu CBL-Mariner 2.0 6.2.0-23
  • qemu Azure Linux 3.0 8.2.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-28790AZL-35170

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-3301 updated cvss 5.6

QEMU: net: triggerable assertion due to race condition in hot-unplug

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-tools, qemu-guest-agent, qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, libcacard, qemu-img-ma, qemu-kvm-ma, qemu-kvm-tools, +5 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kiwi, qemu-kvm-core, qemu-kvm-tests, qemu-kvm-common, +9 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-core, qemu-kvm-tools, qemu-pr-helper, qemu-kvm-common, +16 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, qemu-kvm-common-rhev
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libnbd 1.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, netcf 0.2.8-12.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, hivex 1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, nbdfuse 1.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, SLOF 20210217-1.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, libvirt 8.0.0-22.module+el8.9.0+19544+b3045133, +38 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libnbd 1.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, netcf 0.2.8-12.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, hivex 1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, nbdfuse 1.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, nbdkit 1.24.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, SLOF 20210217-1.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23, +104 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6980

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 5.6

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a qemu
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Fedora

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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