CVE-2016-7421 | BDVDB-2026-79573 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03609.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92998
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/9
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d251157ac1928191af851d199a9ff255d330bec9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/3
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.