CVE-2015-8701

Qemu: net: rocker: stack buffer overflow(off-by-one) in tx_consume routine

Published Dec 29, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Rocker switch emulation support is vulnerable to an off-by-one error. It happens while processing transmit (tx) descriptors in 'tx_consume' routine, if a descriptor was to have more than allowed (ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16) fragments. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS issue.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8578 QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Rocker switch emulation support is vulnerable to an off-by-one error. It happens while processing transmit (tx) descriptors in 'tx_consume' routine, if a descriptor was to have more than allowed (ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16) fragments. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS issue.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:29 AM
Reserved
Dec 29, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 29, 2016, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:35 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 23, 2015, 12:00 AM