cve-2016-7156
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-10 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:50
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92774Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00772.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01246.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92774Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00772.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01246.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
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