CVE-2022-3872
QEMU: sdhci: buffer data port register off-by-one read/write
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · November 7, 2022
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An off-by-one read/write issue was found in the SDHCI device of QEMU. It occurs when reading/writing the Buffer Data Port Register in sdhci_read_dataport and sdhci_write_dataport, respectively, if data_count == block_size. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Statement
This flaw does not affect the versions of qemu-kvm as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and RHEL Advanced Virtualization, as they do not include support for SDHCI device emulation.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-193 · Off-by-one Error