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CVE-2021-3735

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CVE-2021-3735

Published: Aug 26, 2022

Modified: Feb 28, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

A deadlock issue was found in the AHCI controller device of QEMU. It occurs on a software reset (ahci_reset_port) while handling a host-to-device Register FIS (Frame Information Structure) packet from the guest. A privileged user inside the guest could use this flaw to hang the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

QEMU

affected
Not Known

Weaknesses (CWE)

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