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.
References
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http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | Third Party Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00
Updated: 2017-06-30T16:57:01
Reserved: 2016-07-28T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6490
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:01.760
Modified: 2023-02-13T04:50:14.817
Link: CVE-2016-6490
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE