CVE-2017-5973

The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to control transfer descriptor sequence.

• CWE-835

• http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01Third Party Advisory
• http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01Third Party Advisory

Published

Mar 27, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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