Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17381
CVE-2017-17381
Description
The Virtio Vring implementation in QEMU allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) by unsetting vring alignment while updating Virtio rings.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 2.6.2-41.37.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.1-6.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.1-6.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.1-6.12.1
Patches
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/05/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102059nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg00166.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213nvdThird Party Advisory
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