CVE-2016-7156: Incorrect Type Cast
First published: Sat Dec 10 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.7.1 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92774
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00772.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01246.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/source
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/qemu
- canonical/qemu kvm
- version/qemu kvm/2.7.1
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0