CVE - CVE-2016-6490

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-6490	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20160728 CVE Request Qemu: virtio: infinite loop in virtqueue_pop URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160728 Re: CVE Request Qemu: virtio: infinite loop in virtqueue_pop URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 MLIST:[qemu-devel] 20160726 [PATCH] virtio: check vring descriptor buffer length URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html CONFIRM:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f GENTOO:GLSA-201609-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20160728	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20160728)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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