The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7412 The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.254Z

Reserved: 2016-07-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6490

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:01.760

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6490

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6490 - Bugzilla

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