CVE-2016-6836

NameCVE-2016-6836
DescriptionThe vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1599-1
Debian Bugs834944

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23fixed
stretch (security)1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12fixed
bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie1:9.2.0+ds-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcewheezy(not affected)
qemusourcejessie1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8DLA-1599-1
qemusource(unstable)1:2.6+dfsg-3.1834944
qemu-kvmsourcewheezy(not affected)
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, vmxnet3 introduced in 1.5)
[wheezy] - qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, vmxnet3 introduced in 1.5)
Upstream patch: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366369
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5

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