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CVE-2023-6693: Qemu: virtio-net: stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx()
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-121
Description
A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 39
- QEMU: before 8.2.1 — fixed in 8.2.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 8.0, 9.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: QEMU 8.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4492
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254580
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254580
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00042.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OYGUN5HVOXESW7MSNM44E4AE2VNXQB6Y/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0004/
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