CVE-2016-4964

The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.

• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 10, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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