CVE-2024-6505

Qemu-kvm: virtio-net: queue index out-of-bounds access in software rss

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 5, 2024 at 01:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxQEMUEnterprise Linux Advanced Virtualization

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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in the virtio-net device in QEMU. When enabling the RSS feature on the virtio-net network card, the indirections_table data within RSS becomes controllable. Setting excessively large values may cause an index out-of-bounds issue, potentially resulting in heap overflow access. This flaw allows a privileged user in the guest to crash the QEMU process on the host.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unknown)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6505
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0006/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.8MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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