CVE-2016-6490 | BDVDB-2026-79562 Detail
Description#
The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.