CVE-2017-5856

Priority
Description
Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a
denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface
(MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.
References
Bugs
Notes
Package
Source: qemu (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:needed
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr):released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):not-affected (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine):not-affected (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa):not-affected (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
Patches:
Upstream:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=765a707000e838c30b18d712fe6cb3dd8e0435f3
Package
Upstream:needed
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):needed
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):DNE
Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine):DNE
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa):DNE
More Information

Updated: 2020-01-29 18:48:37 UTC (commit 40f18bf14da5fb50662e1f861ea594a462b207fe)