diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/CVE-2020-27617.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/CVE-2020-27617.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa708b298365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/CVE-2020-27617.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From 6d19c0cc6c5a9bba308fc29d7c0edc2dc372c41b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
+Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:35:50 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] net: remove an assert call in eth_get_gso_type
+
+eth_get_gso_type() routine returns segmentation offload type based on
+L3 protocol type. It calls g_assert_not_reached if L3 protocol is
+unknown, making the following return statement unreachable. Remove the
+g_assert call, it maybe triggered by a guest user.
+
+Reported-by: Gaoning Pan <pgn@zju.edu.cn>
+Signed-off-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
+---
+ net/eth.c | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
+index 0c1d413ee2..eee77071f9 100644
+--- a/net/eth.c
++++ b/net/eth.c
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #include "qemu/osdep.h"
++#include "qemu/log.h"
+ #include "net/eth.h"
+ #include "net/checksum.h"
+ #include "net/tap.h"
+@@ -71,9 +72,8 @@ eth_get_gso_type(uint16_t l3_proto, uint8_t *l3_hdr, uint8_t l4proto)
+             return VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV6 | ecn_state;
+         }
+     }
+-
+-    /* Unsupported offload */
+-    g_assert_not_reached();
++    qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: probably not GSO frame, "
++        "unknown L3 protocol: 0x%04"PRIx16"\n", __func__, l3_proto);
+ 
+     return VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE | ecn_state;
+ }
+-- 
+2.28.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 3c8672057996..2bace4f258d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./no-etc-install.patch
     ./fix-qemu-ga.patch
     ./9p-ignore-noatime.patch
+    ./CVE-2020-27617.patch
   ] ++ optional nixosTestRunner ./force-uid0-on-9p.patch
     ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
     (fetchpatch {