USN-4467-3: QEMU regression

Publication date

22 February 2021

Overview

USN-4467-1 introduced a regression in QEMU.


Packages

  • qemu - Machine emulator and virtualizer

Details

USN-4467-1 fixed vulnerabilities in QEMU. The fix for CVE-2020-13754
introduced a regression in certain environments. This update fixes the
problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Ren Ding, Hanqing Zhao, Alexander Bulekov, and Anatoly Trosinenko
discovered that the QEMU incorrectly handled certain msi-x mmio operations.
An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13754)

USN-4467-1 fixed vulnerabilities in QEMU. The fix for CVE-2020-13754
introduced a regression in certain environments. This update fixes the
problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Ren Ding, Hanqing Zhao, Alexander Bulekov, and Anatoly Trosinenko
discovered that the QEMU incorrectly handled certain msi-x mmio operations.
An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13754)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart all QEMU virtual machines to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.10 groovy qemu –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-arm –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-mips –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-misc –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-ppc –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-s390x –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-sparc –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-x86 –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-x86-microvm –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
qemu-system-x86-xen –  1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
20.04 focal qemu –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-arm –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-mips –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-misc –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-ppc –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-s390x –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-sparc –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-x86 –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-x86-microvm –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
qemu-system-x86-xen –  1:4.2-3ubuntu6.14
18.04 bionic qemu –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system-arm –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system-mips –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system-misc –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system-ppc –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system-s390x –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system-sparc –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
qemu-system-x86 –  1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.36
16.04 xenial qemu –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-aarch64 –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-arm –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-mips –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-misc –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-ppc –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-s390x –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-sparc –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
qemu-system-x86 –  1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51

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