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LIN6-12105 : Security Advisory - qemu - CVE-2016-7156

Created: Dec 15, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Mar 19, 2017
Found In Version: 6.0.0.31
Fix Version: 6.0.0.33
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Userspace

Description

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7156

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