{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2016-7421", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr 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 failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[qemu-devel] 20160915 [PULL 07/17] scsi: pvscsi: limit process IO loop to ring size", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03609.html" }, { "name": "GLSA-201609-01", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01" }, { "name": "92998", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92998" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20160916 Re: CVE Request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infinite loop when processing IO requests", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/9" }, { "name": "http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=d251157ac1928191af851d199a9ff255d330bec9", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=d251157ac1928191af851d199a9ff255d330bec9" }, { "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20160916 CVE Request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infinite loop when processing IO requests", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/3" } ] } }