A deadlock issue was found in the AHCI controller device of QEMU. It occurs on a software reset (ahci_reset_port) while handling a host-to-device Register FIS (Frame Information Structure) packet from the guest. A privileged user inside the guest could use this flaw to hang the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-26T15:25:40

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:08.342Z

Reserved: 2021-08-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3735

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-26T16:15:09.467

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:38:13.757

Link: CVE-2021-3735

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-08-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3735 - Bugzilla