CVE-2016-8668

The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.

• CWE-120

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93566Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93566Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 4, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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