CVE-2015-8701
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Summary
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Rocker switch emulation support is vulnerable to an off-by-one error. It happens while processing transmit (tx) descriptors in 'tx_consume' routine, if a descriptor was to have more than allowed (ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16) fragments. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS issue.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/28/6
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg04629.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79706
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/29/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1286971
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/28/6
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg04629.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79706
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/29/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1286971
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
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