A stack overflow via an infinite recursion vulnerability was found in the eepro100 i8255x device emulator of QEMU. This issue occurs while processing controller commands due to a DMA reentry issue. This flaw allows a guest user or process to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade qemu | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade qemuNo solution exists | Apr 12, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgaUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade qemu-block-nfsUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade qemu-ui-sdlUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade qemu-s390xUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade xen-develUpgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade qemu-linux-userUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemu-block-glusterUpgrade qemu-ivshmem-toolsUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-block-dmgUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-ksmUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade qemu-testsuiteUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-extraUpgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemu-vhost-user-gpuUpgrade qemu-audio-sdlUpgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-smartcardUpgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-coreUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade xenUpgrade xen-kmp-default | Aug 21, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 9, 2021 |
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