| Name | CVE-2021-20257 |
| Description | An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. |
| 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-2623-1, DLA-3099-1, ELA-392-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 984450 |
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 | 1:9.2.0+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u20 | ELA-392-1 | ||
| qemu | source | stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u14 | DLA-2623-1 | ||
| qemu | source | buster | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9 | DLA-3099-1 | ||
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:5.2+dfsg-9 | 984450 |
[bullseye] - qemu <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-02/msg03595.html
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3de46e6fc489c52c9431a8a832ad8170a7569bd8