CVE-2018-20216

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20216
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-20 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-12 17:44:00 UTC
DescriptionQEMU can have an infinite loop in hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_dev_ring.c because return values are not checked (and -1 is mishandled).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-252 | CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 6/6] pvrdma: check return value from pvrdma_i MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2018-20216 QEMU: pvrdma: infinite loop in pvrdma_qp_send/recv MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3923-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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