CVE-2021-4147

libvirt: A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver

CVE-2021-4147 is fixed in 19 products on 1 platform, first by libnss-libvirt 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21, released March 25, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0024
15th percentile

A flaw was found in the libvirt libxl driver. A malicious guest could continuously reboot itself and cause libvirtd on the host to deadlock or crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libnss-libvirt · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libnss-libvirt 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libnss-libvirt · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libnss-libvirt 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 7.10.0-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4147 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 7.10.0-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4147 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt · Debian 14 7.10.0-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4147 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-bin 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-clients · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-clients 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-clients · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-clients 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-daemon 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-driver-xen · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-driver-xen 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-system · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-daemon-system 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-system · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-system 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-system-systemd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-system-systemd 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-daemon-system-sysv · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-daemon-system-sysv 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-sanlock · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-sanlock 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-sanlock · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-sanlock 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-wireshark · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt-wireshark 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt-wireshark · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt-wireshark 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 libvirt0 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21 Mar 25, 2022
libvirt0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 libvirt0 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16 Mar 25, 2022

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