Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6834
CVE-2016-6834
Description
The net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.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 current fragment length.
Affected products
13- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg: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%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg: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%2012%20SP1
< 2.3.1-33.3.3+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.34.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.3_10-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_08-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.3_10-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_08-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.3_10-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_08-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.3_10-20.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01601.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92446nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu.orgnvd
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