Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2024· Updated Nov 8, 2025
Libvirt: null pointer dereference in udevconnectlistallinterfaces()
CVE-2024-2496
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.
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Affected products
40- osv-coords38 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirtpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-clientpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-client-qemupkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemonpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-config-networkpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilterpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-interfacepkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-networkpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedevpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilterpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-qemupkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-secretpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storagepkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-diskpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsipkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logicalpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpathpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbdpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsipkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-kvmpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-lockpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-logpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-plugin-lockdpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-plugin-sanlockpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-daemon-proxypkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-docspkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/libvirt-nsspkg:rpm/opensuse/libvirt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
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Patches
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References
3- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2236mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2496mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
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