Description
The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 ↗
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f ↗
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html ↗