Wind River Support Network

HomeDefectsLIN9-2791
Fixed

LIN9-2791 : Security Advisory - qemu - CVE-2016-7421

Created: Dec 15, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jan 11, 2017
Found In Version: unknown
Fix Version: 9.0.0.2
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: Userspace

Description

The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr 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 failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7421

Other Downloads


CVEs


Live chat
Online