CVE-2024-51566 bhyve(8) NVMe driver to guest-induced infinite loops.
A guest VM can trigger infinite loops in the FreeBSD bhyve NVMe driver, causing a denial of service on the host system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-51566?
CVE-2024-51566 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in FreeBSD, published on 12 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NVMe driver queue processing is vulernable to guest-induced infinite loops.
Weakness: CWE-1285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51566?
How do I fix CVE-2024-51566?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51566 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-51566 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51566 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r642-x62f-jqhp.