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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade qemu | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-kvm | Mar 31, 2017 | Nov 3, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/qemu. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-img | Dec 4, 2019 | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvm | Apr 16, 2020 | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 21, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade kvmUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade xen-doc-pdfUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade qemuUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade xen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgaUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xen-develUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade qemu-ksmUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade xen-kmp-traceUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-s390xUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-coreUpgrade xenUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-guest-agent | Nov 23, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-system-x86Upgrade qemu-system-sparcUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-system-armUpgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-system-s390xUpgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-system-aarch64Upgrade qemu-system-ppc | Nov 9, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 |
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