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CVE-2020-25084 QEMU: usb: use-after-free issue while setting up packet


From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:57:52 +0530 (IST)

  Hello,

An use-after-free issue was found in USB(xHCI/eHCI) controller emulators of QEMU. It occurs while setting up USB packet, as usb_packet_map() routine may return an error, which was not checked. A guest user/process may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS scenario.

Upstream patches:
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  -> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-08/msg08050.html
  -> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-08/msg08043.html

References:
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  -> https://ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/NNWP2GfwzYKeKwE?path=%2Fxhci_uaf_2

* This issue was reported by Sergej Schumilo, Cornelius Aschermann, Simon
  Wrner of Ruhr-University Bochum.

* 'CVE-2020-25084' assigned via https://cveform.mitre.org


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