Debian: CVE-2016-7156: qemu -- security update
2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
12/09/2016
03/19/2019
02/20/2019
03/02/2020
Description
The pvscsi_convert_sglist function in hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging an incorrect cast.
Solution(s)
- debian-upgrade-qemu
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