Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security update
Affects Red Hat qemu-kvmSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- EPSS
- 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 63% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 Oct 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Red Hatredhat/qemu-kvmpkg:rpm/redhat/qemu-kvmOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for qemu-kvm to address CVE-2024-7409. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:9912 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Systems running affected versions should be updated promptly to mitigate the risk. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2024-7409) exists in the QEMU NBD server component used by qemu-kvm, caused by improper synchronization during socket closure. This affects the user-space virtualization component in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related versions. The issue has been rated as moderate severity by Red Hat. A security update is available to address this vulnerability.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9912 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302487 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9912.json (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10528 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2312594 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2324291 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-31416 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-42727 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-43447 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-43930 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-44207 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-44348 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-44846 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-44885 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-44932 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_10528.json (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7408 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-54641 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_7408.json (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10518 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10813 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6811 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6818 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6964 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8991 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9136 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9620 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7409 (opens in a new tab)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0008/ (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00011.html (opens in a new tab)