The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade qemu | Feb 20, 2019 | Jun 16, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/qemu. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jun 16, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-kvm-common | Dec 4, 2019 | Jun 16, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-img | Apr 16, 2020 | Jun 16, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvm | Nov 19, 2019 | Jun 16, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade xen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade xen-doc-pdfUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade xen-libsUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade xen-develUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade kvmUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade xenUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xen-kmp-trace | Mar 28, 2016 | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-system-s390xUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-system-armUpgrade qemu-system-aarch64Upgrade qemu-system-x86Upgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-ppcUpgrade qemu-system-sparc | May 12, 2016 | May 12, 2016 |
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