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CVE Request Qemu: vmware_vga: OOB stack memory access when processing svga command
From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 18:38:08 +0530 (IST)
Hello,Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VMware-SVGA "chipset" emulation support is vulnerable to an OOB stack memory write issue. It could occur while processing VGA commands in 'vmsvga_fifo_run' routine.
A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS.
Upstream fix: ------------- -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01764.htmlThis issue was independently reported by Qinghao Tang and Li Qiang of 360.cn Inc.
Thank you. -- Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team 47AF CE69 3A90 54AA 9045 1053 DD13 3D32 FE5B 041F
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- CVE Request Qemu: vmware_vga: OOB stack memory access when processing svga command P J P (Sep 09)