Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6490
CVE-2016-6490
Description
The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
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Affected products
11- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg: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%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.0-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-21.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu.orgnvd
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