The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9735 The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:35:02.328Z

Reserved: 2016-10-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8910

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-11-04T21:59:10.803

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

Link: CVE-2016-8910

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8910 - Bugzilla

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