CVE-2023-3750
Libvirt: improper locking in virstoragepoolobjlistsearch may lead to denial of service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jul 24, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 8, 2025
- Reserved
- Jul 18, 2023
Description
A flaw was found in libvirt. The virStoragePoolObjListSearch function does not return a locked pool as expected, resulting in a race condition and denial of service when attempting to lock the same object from another thread. This issue could allow clients connecting to the read-only socket to crash the libvirt daemon.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-667 Improper Locking
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationRed Hat |
References
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