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CVE-2017-11334 Qemu: exec: oob access during dma operation


From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:14:43 +0530 (IST)

  Hello,

Qemu emulator built to use 'qemu_map_ram_ptr' to access guests' ram block area is vulnerable to a OOB r/w access issue. It could occur during a DMA operation.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-07/msg03775.html

Reference:
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  -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1471638

This issue was reported by Mr Alex.

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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