The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.
References
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1585.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1586.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1606.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1607.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1652.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1653.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1654.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1655.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1756.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1763.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1943.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036476 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-08-02T16:00:00

Updated: 2019-09-20T10:06:11

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-5403

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-08-02T16:59:03.153

Modified: 2021-08-04T17:15:35.690


Link: CVE-2016-5403

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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