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    CVE-2023-6693

    A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.

    Published:Jan 2, 2024
    Last Modified:Feb 25, 2026
    EPS:Jan 2, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00027
    CVSS Score:4.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Qemu
    Product
    Qemu
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Advanced Virtualization
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

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