CVE-2021-3929
A DMA reentrancy issue was found in the NVM Express Controller (NVME) emulation in QEMU. This CVE is similar to CVE-2021-3750 and, just like it, when the...
- Published
- Aug 25, 2022
- Updated
- Feb 28, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 51.0%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
A DMA reentrancy issue was found in the NVM Express Controller (NVME) emulation in QEMU. This CVE is similar to CVE-2021-3750 and, just like it, when the reentrancy write triggers the reset function nvme_ctrl_reset(), data structs will be freed leading to a use-after-free issue. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition or, potentially, executing arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process on the host.
Sources
Recursive MMIO VM Escape PoC
QEMU 11.1.2 - High - Local - UAF - NVMe SGL span into BAR0 incomplete CVE-2021-3929
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