Qemu-kvm: heap buffer overflow in virtio-blk scsi request handling
CVE-2026-48914 is fixed in 25 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2026:58571, released May 26, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
A flaw was found in QEMU's virtio-blk device. The issue arises because the device does not properly validate the size of input descriptors before writing data. A malicious guest with high privileges could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a malformed virtio-blk SCSI request, leading to an out-of-bounds write in the host heap memory and a potential denial of service (DoS) for the QEMU process.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| qemu · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1:10.0.11+ds-0+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48914 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| qemu · Debian 14 | 1:11.0.2+ds-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48914 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| qemu · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 10.0.11-160000.1.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21253-1 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| qemu · sles 15.7 | 9.2.4-150700.3.23.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3038-1 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| qemu · sles 16.0 | 10.0.11-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22576-1 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-img · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-img · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-img · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-img · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-img · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · RHEL 10 | 10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | RHSA-2026:58571 | May 26, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · rocky 10 | 8:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | RLSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · rocky 9 | 7:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RLSA-2026:39311 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-iscsi · ol 9 | 31:7.2.0-42.el9 | ELSA-2026-500220 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-ssh · ol 9 | 31:7.2.0-42.el9 | ELSA-2026-500220 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-linux-user · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 10.0.11-160000.1.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21253-1 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| qemu-linux-user · sles 15.7 | 9.2.4-150700.3.23.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3038-1 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| qemu-linux-user · sles 16.0 | 10.0.11-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22576-1 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | RHSA-2026:39311 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · almalinux 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · ol 10 | 18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | ELSA-2026-58571 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | ELSA-2026-39311 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| qemu-virtiofsd · ol 9 | 31:7.2.0-42.el9 | ELSA-2026-500220 | Aug 19, 2026 |
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