The pvscsi_convert_sglist 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 an incorrect cast.
References
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http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8 | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92774 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00772.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01246.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00
Updated: 2018-12-01T10:57:01
Reserved: 2016-09-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-7156
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:13.683
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:34:15.717
Link: CVE-2016-7156
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE