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 (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via a large I/O descriptor buffer length value.
References
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http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=973e7170dddefb491a48df5cba33b2ae151013a0 | |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/10 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/4 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92996 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03546.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: 2018-01-04T19:57:01
Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-7422
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:18.687
Modified: 2023-02-12T23:25:25.327
Link: CVE-2016-7422
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE