CVE-2016-7423

NameCVE-2016-7423
DescriptionThe mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs838145

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-1838145
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/msg03604.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/5
LSI SAS1068 (mptsas) device support added in
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=e351b82611293683c4cabe4b69b7552bde5d4e2a (v2.6.0-rc0)
Fixed by: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5

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