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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1568: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-1568: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

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