CVE-2023-6693 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-6693: Qemu: virtio-net: stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx()

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-121
Published January 2, 2024
Last update February 25, 2026

CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 2, 2024 CVE published
February 25, 2026 Record updated