# CVE-2023-2680: qemu-guest-agent: Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures

CVE-2023-2680 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2023:6368, released November 7, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2680
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.5 (Moderate)
- EPSS: 0.0024
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Nov 7, 2023

## Description

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.  The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: qemu-kvm (8.0.0). (BZ#2180898)  Security Fix(es):  * QEMU: hcd-ehci: DMA reentrancy issue (incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750) (CVE-2023-2680)  For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.  Additional Changes:  For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | qemu-guest-agent RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-guest-agent almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-guest-agent ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-img RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-img almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-img ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-audio-pa RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-audio-pa almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-audio-pa ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-blkio RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-blkio almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-blkio ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-curl RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-curl almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-curl ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-rbd RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-rbd almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-block-rbd ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-common RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-common almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-common ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-core RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-core almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-core ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-usb-host RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-usb-host almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-usb-host ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-docs RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-docs almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-docs ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-tools RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-tools almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-tools ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-ui-opengl RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-ui-opengl almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-kvm-ui-opengl ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-pr-helper RHEL 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-pr-helper almalinux 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 | [ALSA-2023:6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Linux | qemu-pr-helper ol 9 | 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 | [ELSA-2023-6368](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6368.md) | Nov 11, 2023 |

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