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CVE-2020-15863 QEMU: stack-based overflow in xgmac_enet_send() in hw/net/xgmac.c


From: Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell () redhat com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 12:51:56 +0200

Hello,

a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the XGMAC NIC
device of the QEMU emulator. This flaw occurs during packet
transmission and affects the highbank and midway ARM emulated
machines. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU
process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or potential
code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555

This issue was reported by Ziming Zhang (CC'd).
CVE-2020-15863 requested via MITRE form: https://cveform.mitre.org/

Regards,
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Mauro Matteo Cascella, Red Hat Product Security
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