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CVE-2021-4158

QEMU: NULL pointer dereference in pci_write() in hw/acpi/pcihp.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

6

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 12, 2021

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the ACPI code of QEMU. A malicious, privileged user within the guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Statement

Releases of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 and newer, Red Hat Virtualization 4.4 and newer consume fixes directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization repository.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference