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.
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
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03609.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92998 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/9 ↗
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d251157ac1928191af851d199a9ff255d330bec9 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/3 ↗