This update for qemu to version 2.6.2 fixes the several issues.

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-7161: Heap-based buffer overflow in the     .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka     Quick Emulator) allowed attackers to execute arbitrary     code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet     (bsc#1001151).

  - CVE-2016-7170: OOB stack memory access when processing     svga command (bsc#998516).

  - CVE-2016-7466: xhci memory leakage during device unplug     (bsc#1000345).

  - CVE-2016-7422: NULL pointer dereference in     virtqueu_map_desc (bsc#1000346).

  - CVE-2016-7908: The mcf_fec_do_tx function in     hw/net/mcf_fec.c did not properly limit the buffer     descriptor count when transmitting packets, which     allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial     of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via     vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0     and crafted values in bd.flags (bsc#1002550).

  - CVE-2016-7995: Memory leak in ehci_process_itd     (bsc#1003612).

  - CVE-2016-8576: The xhci_ring_fetch function in     hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c allowed local guest OS administrators     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU     process crash) by leveraging failure to limit the number     of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process     (bsc#1003878).

  - CVE-2016-8578: The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in     fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c allowed local guest OS     administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending     an empty string parameter to a 9P operation     (bsc#1003894).

  - CVE-2016-9105: Memory leakage in v9fs_link     (bsc#1007494).

  - CVE-2016-8577: Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in     hw/9pfs/9p.c allowed local guest OS administrators to     cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via     vectors related to an I/O read operation (bsc#1003893).

  - CVE-2016-9106: Memory leakage in v9fs_write     (bsc#1007495).

  - CVE-2016-8669: The serial_update_parameters function in     hw/char/serial.c allowed local guest OS administrators     to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a value of     divider greater than baud base (bsc#1004707).

  - CVE-2016-7909: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in     hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to     cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU     process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2)     transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002557).

  - CVE-2016-9101: eepro100 memory leakage whern unplugging     a device (bsc#1007391).

  - CVE-2016-8668: The rocker_io_writel function in     hw/net/rocker/rocker.c allowed local guest OS     administrators to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by     leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size     (bsc#1004706).

  - CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in     hw/net/rtl8139.c allowed local guest OS administrators     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU     consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring     descriptor count (bsc#1006538).

  - CVE-2016-8909: The intel_hda_xfer function in     hw/audio/intel-hda.c allowed local guest OS     administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop and CPU consumption) via an entry with the same     value for buffer length and pointer position     (bsc#1006536).

  - CVE-2016-7994: Memory leak in     virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d (bsc#1003613).

  - CVE-2016-9104: Integer overflow leading to OOB access in     9pfs (bsc#1007493).

  - CVE-2016-8667: The rc4030_write function in     hw/dma/rc4030.c allowed local guest OS administrators to     cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU     process crash) via a large interval timer reload value     (bsc#1004702).

  - CVE-2016-7907: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in     hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to     cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU     process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2)     transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002549).

These non-security issues were fixed :

  - Change kvm-supported.txt to be per-architecture     documentation, stored in the package documentation     directory of each per-arch package (bsc#1005353).

  - Update support doc to include current ARM64 (AArch64)     support stance (bsc#1005374).

  - Fix migration failure when snapshot also has been done     (bsc#1008148).

  - Change package post script udevadm trigger calls to be     device specific (bsc#1002116).

  - Add qmp-commands.txt documentation file back in. It was     inadvertently dropped.

  - Add an x86 cpu option (l3-cache) to specify that an L3     cache is present and another option (cpuid-0xb) to     enable the cpuid 0xb leaf (bsc#1007769).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu, a fast processor emulator. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

CVE-2016-7909

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the AMD PC-Net II emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets via pcnet_receive().

A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS.

CVE-2016-8909

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the Intel HDA controller emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing the DMA buffer stream while doing data transfer in 'intel_hda_xfer'.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to consume excessive CPU cycles on the host, resulting in DoS.

CVE-2016-8910

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the RTL8139 ethernet controller emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while transmitting packets in C+ mode of operation.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to consume excessive CPU cycles on the host, resulting in DoS situation.

CVE-2016-9101

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the i8255x (PRO100) NIC emulation support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while unplugging the device, and doing so repeatedly would result in leaking host memory affecting, other services on the host.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause a DoS on the host and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host.

CVE-2016-9102 CVE-2016-9105 CVE-2016-9106

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to a several memory leakage issues.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaws to leak the host memory bytes resulting in DoS for other services.

CVE-2016-9104

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an integer overflow issue. It could occur by accessing xattributes values.

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

CVE-2016-9103

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur by accessing xattribute value before it's written to.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for qemu fixes the following issues :

  - Patch queue updated from     https://gitlab.suse.de/virtualization/qemu.git SLE12

  - Change package post script udevadm trigger calls to be     device specific (bsc#1002116)

  - Address various security/stability issues

  - Fix OOB access in xlnx.xpx-ethernetlite emulation     (CVE-2016-7161 bsc#1001151)

  - Fix OOB access in VMware SVGA emulation (CVE-2016-7170     bsc#998516)

  - Fix DOS in Vmware pv scsi interface (CVE-2016-7421     bsc#999661)

  - Fix DOS in ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulation     (CVE-2016-7908 bsc#1002550)

  - Fix DOS in USB xHCI emulation (CVE-2016-8576     bsc#1003878)

  - Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8578 bsc#1003894)

  - Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9105 bsc#1007494)

  - Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8577 bsc#1003893)

  - Plug data leak in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9103     bsc#1007454)

  - Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9102     bsc#1007450)

  - Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9106 bsc#1007495)

  - Fix DOS in 16550A UART emulation (CVE-2016-8669     bsc#1004707)

  - Fix DOS in PC-Net II emulation (CVE-2016-7909     bsc#1002557)

  - Fix DOS in PRO100 emulation (CVE-2016-9101 bsc#1007391)

  - Fix DOS in RTL8139 emulation (CVE-2016-8910 bsc#1006538)

  - Fix DOS in Intel HDA controller emulation (CVE-2016-8909     bsc#1006536)

  - Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9104 bsc#1007493)

  - Fix DOS in JAZZ RC4030 emulation (CVE-2016-8667     bsc#1004702)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
96129	openSUSE Security Update : qemu (openSUSE-2016-1504)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/27/2016	1/7/2026	critical
94519	Debian DLA-698-1 : qemu security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	11/4/2016	1/20/2026	medium
95396	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2016:2936-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/29/2016	1/15/2026	critical

Detections

Analytics

Plugins Search

critical

medium

critical