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CVE-2016-8576

The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop…

Impact

The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.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 the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QemuQemu
through 2.7.1
OpensuseLeap
Version 42.2
RedhatOpenstack
Versions 6.0, 7.0, 8, 9, 10, 11
RedhatVirtualization
Version 4.0
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0

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