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CVE-2016-8576
Published: Nov 4, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.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 the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[qemu-devel] 20161007 Re: [PATCH] usb: xHCI: add check to limit command TRB processing
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
GLSA-201611-11
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
[oss-security] 20161010 CVE request Qemu: usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2017:2392
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
openSUSE-SU-2016:3237
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[oss-security] 20161010 Re: CVE request Qemu: usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2017:2408
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
93469
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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