CVE - CVE-2016-7421

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-7421	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:92998 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92998 MISC:GLSA-201609-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html MISC:[oss-security] 20160916 CVE Request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infinite loop when processing IO requests URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20160916 Re: CVE Request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infinite loop when processing IO requests URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/9 MISC:[qemu-devel] 20160915 [PULL 07/17] scsi: pvscsi: limit process IO loop to ring size URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03609.html MISC:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d251157ac1928191af851d199a9ff255d330bec9 URL:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d251157ac1928191af851d199a9ff255d330bec9
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160909	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160909)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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