CVE-2024-42134
Published: Jul 30, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-pci: Check if is_avq is NULL [bug] In the virtio_pci_common.c function vp_del_vqs, vp_dev->is_avq is involved to determine whether it is admin virtqueue, but this function vp_dev->is_avq may be empty. For installations, virtio_pci_legacy does not assign a value to vp_dev->is_avq. [fix] Check whether it is vp_dev->is_avq before use. [test] Test with virsh Attach device Before this patch, the following command would crash the guest system After applying the patch, everything seems to be working fine.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected fd27ef6b44bec26915c5b2b22c13856d9f0ba17a - < 5e2024b0b9b3d5709e3f7e9b92951d7e29154106affected fd27ef6b44bec26915c5b2b22c13856d9f0ba17a - < c8fae27d141a32a1624d0d0d5419d94252824498 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.8unaffected 0 - < 6.8unaffected 6.9.9 - <= 6.9.*unaffected 6.10 - <= * |
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