A stack overflow via an infinite recursion vulnerability was found in the eepro100 i8255x device emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing controller commands due to a DMA reentry issue. This flaw allows a guest user or process to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Find out more about CVE-2021-20255 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
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Product Name | Status | Defect | Fixed | Downloads |
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Linux | ||||
Wind River Linux LTS 17 | Won't Fix | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 8 | Requires LTSS | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 9 | Requires LTSS | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 7 | Requires LTSS | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 21 | Investigate |
LIN1021-261 |
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Wind River Linux LTS 22 | Investigate | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 18 | Won't Fix | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 19 | Investigate | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux CD release | Investigate | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux 6 | Requires LTSS | -- | -- | -- |
Wind River Linux LTS 23 | Investigate | -- | -- | -- |
VxWorks | ||||
VxWorks 7 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
VxWorks 6.9 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition | ||||
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
eLxr | ||||
eLxr 12 | Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
Product Name | Status | Defect | Fixed | Downloads |
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