CVE-2017-5987
First published: Tue Feb 14 2017(Updated: )
Quick emulator(Qemu) built with the SDHCI device emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while doing a multi block SDMA transfer via 'sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks' routine. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS. Upstream patch: --------------- -> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02776.html">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02776.html</a> Reference: ---------- -> <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/8">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/8</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.8.1.1 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc0 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc1 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc2 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc3 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc4 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02776.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1422001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421995
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=6e86d90352adf6cb08295255220295cf23c4286e
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96263
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e86d90352adf6cb08295255220295cf23c4286e
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