CVE-2016-2197
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-2197 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-12-29 22:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-11-10 19:01:00 UTC |
| Description | QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with an IDE AHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It occurs while unmapping the Frame Information Structure (FIS) and Command List Block (CLB) entries. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-476
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug 1302057 – CVE-2016-2197 Qemu: ide: ahci null pointer dereference when using FIS CLB engines | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking |
| QEMU 'hw/ide/ahci.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ide: ahci: add check before calling dma_memo | MLIST | lists.gnu.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| oss-security - CVE request Qemu: ide: ahci null pointer dereference when using FIS CLB engines | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request Qemu: ide: ahci null pointer dereference when using FIS CLB engines | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-01) — Gentoo Security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0