QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support is vulnerable to crash issue. It could occur while reading Interrupt Mask Registers (IMR). A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade qemu | Feb 9, 2016 | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/qemu. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 29, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-coreUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade xen-doc-pdfUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade qemu-s390xUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemuUpgrade xen-kmp-traceUpgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade xen-develUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade qemu-ksmUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgaUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade xen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade xenUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade qemu-seabios | Mar 28, 2016 | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-system-armUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-system-ppcUpgrade qemu-system-aarch64Upgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-sparcUpgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-system-x86 | Feb 3, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 |
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