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CVE-2017-5856
Published: Mar 16, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20170201 CVE request Qemu: scsi: megasas: host memory leakage in megasas_handle_dcmd
mailing-list
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95999
vdb-entry
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[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update
mailing-list
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418342
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GLSA-201702-28
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20170202 Re: CVE request Qemu: scsi: megasas: host memory leakage in megasas_handle_dcmd
mailing-list
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