Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

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.

Affected products

QEMU/Qemu5 versions
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.10.2
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.11.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.11.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/Debian Linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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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