Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8112
CVE-2017-8112
Description
hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg: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%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg: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%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.0-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.34.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_20-60.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_20-60.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_20-60.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
Patches
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References
6- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04578.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98015nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03nvdThird Party Advisory
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