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GHSA-6FW6-RQJG-9V3J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-30 15:32 – Updated: 2026-03-30 15:32

Details

A flaw was found in virtio-win, specifically within the VirtIO Block (BLK) device. When the device undergoes a reset, it fails to properly manage memory, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. This issue could allow a local attacker to corrupt system memory, potentially leading to system instability or unexpected behavior.

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-5165 (GCVE-0-2026-5165)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-30 15:02 – Updated: 2026-03-30 18:05

Title

Virtio-win: virtio-win: memory corruption via use-after-free in virtio blk device reset

Summary

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-825 - Expired Pointer Dereference

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

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	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453015	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
	https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-w…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10

	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Date Public ?

2026-03-30 12:34

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GHSA-6FW6-RQJG-9V3J

CVE-2026-5165 (GCVE-0-2026-5165)

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