Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1922
CVE-2016-1922
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the TPR optimization for 32-bit Windows guests support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It occurs while doing I/O port write operations via hmp interface. In that, 'current_cpu' remains null, which leads to the null pointer dereference. A user or process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance, resulting in DoS issue.
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Affected products
27- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.7.0_12-1.3+ 22 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: < 4.4.4_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
9- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg02812.htmlnvdPatchVendor 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/2016/01/16/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/16/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81058nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01nvdThird Party Advisory
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