CVE-2024-2496

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.

Published: Mar 18, 2024
Updated: May 4, 2025
CVE: CVE-2024-2496
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

CWE-476

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
redhat / libvirt	-	9.8.0
redhat / enterprise_linux	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	6.0	6.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	8.0	8.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	9.0	9.0.x
debian / debian_linux	10.0	10.0.x

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2236
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2496
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269672
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00000.html

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2024-2496

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