Red Hat Security Advisory: libvirt security update
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution forLinux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packageswhich provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM.The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems. Security Fix(es): * libvirt: Crash of virtinterfaced via virConnectListInterfaces() (CVE-2024-8235) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2024-8235 involves a crash in the libvirt virt:rhel module triggered through the virConnectListInterfaces() API call. Libvirt provides user-space APIs for managing virtual machines on KVM across multiple hardware platforms. This crash is categorized under CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference). Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2024:9128) providing an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to fix this issue. The advisory rates the impact as moderate and includes additional bug fixes and improvements in the RHEL 9.5 release. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause a crash of the libvirt interface, potentially disrupting management operations of virtual machines on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat Product Security. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for libvirt as part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 update. Users should apply the update following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the issue.
Red Hat Security Advisory: libvirt security update
Description
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution forLinux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packageswhich provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM.The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems. Security Fix(es): * libvirt: Crash of virtinterfaced via virConnectListInterfaces() (CVE-2024-8235) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-8235 involves a crash in the libvirt virt:rhel module triggered through the virConnectListInterfaces() API call. Libvirt provides user-space APIs for managing virtual machines on KVM across multiple hardware platforms. This crash is categorized under CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference). Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2024:9128) providing an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to fix this issue. The advisory rates the impact as moderate and includes additional bug fixes and improvements in the RHEL 9.5 release. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause a crash of the libvirt interface, potentially disrupting management operations of virtual machines on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat Product Security. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for libvirt as part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 update. Users should apply the update following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the issue.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:9128
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1ec4853345fc183091c
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:24 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:40:06 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 08:51:20 UTC
Views: 10
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