| Name | CVE-2016-6836 |
| Description | The 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1599-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 834944 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.1.1+ds-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8 | | DLA-1599-1 | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 | | | 834944 |
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (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