High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1568

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.

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Affected products

QEMU/Qemu2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.5.1.1
- (no CPE)
Red Hat/Openstack3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Virtualization
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords24 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATA pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.7.0_12-1.3+ 23 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.0_12-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_20-24.9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_06-7.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471nvdThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/80191nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034859nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01nvdThird Party Advisory
git.qemu.orgnvd

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