Re: CVE request Qemu: usb: multiple eof_timers in ohci leads to null pointer dereference

[cve-assign () mitre org]

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> Qemu emulator built with the USB OHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a
> null pointer dereference issue. It could occur when OHCI transitions to a
> OHCI_USB_OPERATIONAL state, leading to creation of multiple eof timers. A
> privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on
> the host, resulting in DoS.
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03374.html
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304794

> > When transitioning an OHCI controller to the OHCI_USB_OPERATIONAL
> > state, it creates an eof timer object in 'ohci_bus_start'.
> > It does not check if one already exists. This results in memory
> > leakage and null dereference issue. Add a check to avoid it.

Use CVE-2016-2391.

This is not yet available at
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=history;f=hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c but
that may be an expected place for a later update.

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