The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr 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 failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.560Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-7421

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:17.293

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:57:58.477

Link: CVE-2016-7421

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7421 - Bugzilla