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CVE-2016-7421
Published: Dec 10, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr function in hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[qemu-devel] 20160915 [PULL 07/17] scsi: pvscsi: limit process IO loop to ring size
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GLSA-201609-01
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92998
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[oss-security] 20160916 Re: CVE Request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infinite loop when processing IO requests
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[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update
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[oss-security] 20160916 CVE Request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infinite loop when processing IO requests
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