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CVE-2024-4693
Originally published May 10, 2024.
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CVE-2024-4693 highlights a vulnerability in QEMU Virtio PCI Bindings, which can lead to a guest-triggered crash via vhost_net_stop(). This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash the QEMU process on the host, potentially disrupting OT operations relying on virtualized environments.
From the CVE database:
A flaw was found in the QEMU Virtio PCI Bindings (hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c). An improper release and use of the irqfd for vector 0 during the boot process leads to a guest triggerable crash via vhost_net_stop(). This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash the QEMU process on the host.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4693
Originally published May 10, 2024.