| Name | CVE-2018-20216 |
| Description | QEMU can have an infinite loop in hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_dev_ring.c because return values are not checked (and -1 is mishandled). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | vulnerable |
| 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 | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:4.1-1 | unimportant | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-12/msg03052.html
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f1e2e38ee0136b7710a2caa347049818afd57a1b
PVRDMA support not enabled in the binary packages until 1:3.1+dfsg-3, disabled again in 1:3.1+dfsg-4