CVE-2016-7156
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 10, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 6, 2016
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [qemu-devel] 20160906 [PATCH v3] scsi: pvscsi: avoid infinite loop while building SG listmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160906 CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infintie loop when building SG listmailing-list
- [qemu-devel] 20160906 [PATCH v2] scsi: pvscsi: check request descriptor SG element countmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160906 Re: CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infintie loop when building SG listmailing-list
- GLSA-201609-01vendor-advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
- 92774vdb-entry
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