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LIN8-5317 : Security Advisory - qemu - CVE-2016-7156

Created: Dec 15, 2016 Updated: Dec 3, 2018

Resolved Date: Jan 5, 2017

Found In Version: 8.0.0.11

Fix Version: 8.0.0.13

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8

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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CVE-2016-7156