CVE-2016-2197

Qemu: ide: ahci null pointer dereference when using FIS CLB engines

Published Dec 29, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with an IDE AHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It occurs while unmapping the Frame Information Structure (FIS) and Command List Block (CLB) entries. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3281 QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with an IDE AHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It occurs while unmapping the Frame Information Structure (FIS) and Command List Block (CLB) entries. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2891-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:24 PM
Reserved
Jan 29, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 29, 2016, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:43 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 28, 2016, 12:00 AM