CVE-2016-7422

NameCVE-2016-7422
DescriptionThe virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via a large I/O descriptor buffer length value.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs838146

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)
qemusourcejessie(not affected)
qemusource(unstable)1:2.7+dfsg-1838146
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03546.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376755
Introduced by: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3b3b0628217e2726069990ff9942a5d6d9816bd7 (v2.6.0-rc0)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/4

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