A flaw was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU version: 6.2.0.
CVE-2022-26353
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-03-17. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 85%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 16, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- secalert@redhathttps://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/abe300d9d894f7138e1af7c8e9c88c04bfe98b37
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-03/msg02438.html
- secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0003/
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/abe300d9d894f7138e1af7c8e9c88c04bfe98b37
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-03/msg02438.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220425-0003/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-26353(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2022-26353Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
CVE-2022-26353
- RHSA-2022:5821Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2022:5263Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:5002Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:av and virt-devel:av security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-system-x86-xen (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.2) @ jammy | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | virt:rhel-8060020220616155742.ad008a3a | 2022-08-02 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-17:6.2.0-11.el9_0.3 | 2022-07-01 | redhat |
| redhat | virt-devel:av-8040020220517095834.522a0ee4 | 2022-06-13 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:5.2+dfsg-11, 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u1 | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:7.0+dfsg-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:7.0+dfsg-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:7.0+dfsg-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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