CVE-2021-3735

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/aQEMUNot Knownaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-667: CWE-667 - Improper Locking -> CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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