CVE-2020-35503
Publication date 2 June 2021
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the megasas-gen2 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before and including 6.0. This issue occurs in the megasas_command_cancelled() callback function while dropping a SCSI request. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| qemu | 25.10 questing |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| qemu-kvm | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
mdeslaur
as of 2023-11-30, the proposed patch has not been commited upstream
bruce-cable
as of 2024-11-11, proposed patch not committed
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.0 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |