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CVE-2016-8668
Published: Nov 4, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20161015 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: OOB buffer access in rocker switch emulation
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GLSA-201611-11
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20161014 CVE request Qemu: net: OOB buffer access in rocker switch emulation
mailing-list
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[qemu-devel] 20161012 [PATCH] net: rocker: set limit to DMA buffer size
mailing-list
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openSUSE-SU-2016:3237
vendor-advisory
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93566
vdb-entry
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