# CVE-2024-8235: Libvirt: crash of virtinterfaced via virconnectlistinterfaces()

- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.7.0
- Published: 2024-08-30 · Updated: 2025-11-08

## Affected

- libvirt: from 10.4.0, fixed in 10.7.0
- libvirt: version range not reported
- libvirt: version range not reported
- libvirt: version range not reported
- libvirt: version range not reported
- virt:rhel/libvirt: version range not reported
- virt:av/libvirt: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in libvirt. A refactor of the code fetching the list of interfaces for multiple APIs introduced a corner case on platforms where allocating 0 bytes of memory results in a NULL pointer. This corner case would lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and subsequent crash of virtinterfaced. This issue could allow clients connecting to the read-only socket to crash the virtinterfaced daemon.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libvirt, virt:rhel/libvirt, virt:av/libvirt, upgrade to a fixed version (10.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9128
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8235
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308680
- https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/devel@lists.libvirt.org/thread/X6WOVCL6QF3FQRFIIXL736RFZVSUWLWJ/

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