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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Analyzed - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2024-03-18

Last modified

2025-11-08

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Advanced Virtualization (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
• Libvirt (Redhat)

References

• 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