CVE-2024-8612 Qemu-kvm: information leak in virtio devices

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Multiple CVEs Affecting Qemu's virtio-net Component Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Qemu's virtio-net component. CVE-2023-6693 involves a stack buffer overflow in the virtio_net_flush_tx() function, while CVE-2024-6505 addresses a queue index issue. Both vulnerabilities could potentially impact systems utilizing Qemu virtualization technology. 4 sources 41