CVE-2022-26354 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2022-26354: A flaw was found in the vhost-vsock device of QEMU. In case of error, an invalid element was not detached from the virtqueue before freeing its memory, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU versions <= 6.2.0.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2022-26354 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:7.0+dfsg-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:7.0+dfsg-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

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