CVE-2016-8910 — Infinite Loop in Qemu

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop10 documents8 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
QemuDebian LinuxOpensuse Leap+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-1+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.7.1
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.2
▶NVDredhat/openstack6 versions+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7pc8-95p7-87cw: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139↗2016-11-04
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OSV
CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139↗2016-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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Red Hat
Qemu: net: rtl8139: infinite loop while transmit in C+ mode↗2016-10-21
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Debian
CVE-2016-8910: qemu - The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emula...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8910 Qemu: net: rtl8139: infinite loop while transmit in C+ mode↗2016-10-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8910 Qemu: net: rtl8139: infinite loop while transmit in C+ mode [fedora-all]↗2016-10-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8910 xen: Qemu: net: rtl8139: infinite loop while transmit in C+ mode [fedora-all]↗2016-10-24
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