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CVE request: Qemu net: vmxnet3: use after free while writing
From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 06:44:29 +0530 (IST)
Hello,Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support is vulnerable to a use-after-free issue. It could occur while writing to the device once it's disabled.
A privileged user inside guest could use this issue to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS.
Upstream patch: --------------- -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01602.html This issue was reported by Li Qiang of 360.cn Inc. Thank you. -- Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team 47AF CE69 3A90 54AA 9045 1053 DD13 3D32 FE5B 041F
Current thread:
- CVE request: Qemu net: vmxnet3: use after free while writing P J P (Aug 11)
- Re: CVE request: Qemu net: vmxnet3: use after free while writing cve-assign (Aug 17)