MGASA-2022-0401 - Updated virglrenderer packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0401.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-0135,
     CVE-2022-0175

An out-of-bounds write issue was found in the VirGL virtual OpenGL
renderer (virglrenderer). This flaw allows a malicious guest to create a
specially crafted virgil resource and then issue a VIRTGPU_EXECBUFFER
ioctl, leading to a denial of service or possible code execution.
(CVE-2022-0135)

A flaw was found in the VirGL virtual OpenGL renderer (virglrenderer). The
virgl did not properly initialize memory when allocating a host-backed
memory resource. A malicious guest could use this flaw to mmap from the
guest kernel and read this uninitialized memory from the host, possibly
leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2022-0175)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29903
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-January/010013.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/LNFLD35UGUIRPTGF3HA3JP2MXLLHWPIX/
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-February/010243.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/EQXVEUIFIMFD6G5N2JBQ2A6XUYVZBCSY/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5309-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0135
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0175

SRPMS:
- 8/core/virglrenderer-0.8.2-1.20200212git7d204f39.1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0401: virglrenderer security update

An out-of-bounds write issue was found in the VirGL virtual OpenGL renderer (virglrenderer)

Summary

An out-of-bounds write issue was found in the VirGL virtual OpenGL renderer (virglrenderer). This flaw allows a malicious guest to create a specially crafted virgil resource and then issue a VIRTGPU_EXECBUFFER ioctl, leading to a denial of service or possible code execution. (CVE-2022-0135)
A flaw was found in the VirGL virtual OpenGL renderer (virglrenderer). The virgl did not properly initialize memory when allocating a host-backed memory resource. A malicious guest could use this flaw to mmap from the guest kernel and read this uninitialized memory from the host, possibly leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2022-0175)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29903

- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-January/010013.html

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/LNFLD35UGUIRPTGF3HA3JP2MXLLHWPIX/

- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-February/010243.html

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/EQXVEUIFIMFD6G5N2JBQ2A6XUYVZBCSY/

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5309-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0135

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0175

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0401 - Updated virglrenderer packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/virglrenderer-0.8.2-1.20200212git7d204f39.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 01 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0401.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-0135, CVE-2022-0175

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