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 reentrancy write triggers the reset function
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-08-25 19:36Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-28 13:07Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-11-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e8c306164bde0cf604b60901edc82fa387221e46f930c71fda48e305349248bf
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/556
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2020298
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3929
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/782
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/736b01642d85be832385
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-f0a2695054https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XHNN7QJCEQH7AQG5AQP2GEFAQE6K635I/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250228-0010/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:7.0+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:7.0+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:7.0+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.