The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr 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 failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.
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Information
Published : 2016-12-10 00:59
Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2016-7421
Mitre link : CVE-2016-7421
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-7421
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Products Affected
qemu
- qemu
debian
- debian_linux
CWE
CWE-834
Excessive Iteration