CVE-2024-3446 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-3446: A double free vulnerability was found in QEMU virtio devices (virtio-gpu, virtio-serial-bus, virtio-crypto), where the mem_reentrancy_guard flag insufficiently protects against DMA reentrancy issues. This issue could allow a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resu

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-3446 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u6urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:8.2.3+ds-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

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