The pvscsi_convert_sglist 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 an incorrect cast.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.577Z

Reserved: 2016-09-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7156

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:13.683

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:34:15.717

Link: CVE-2016-7156

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7156 - Bugzilla