CVE-2021-3416

QEMU: net: Infinite loop in loopback mode may lead to stack overflow

Published Mar 18, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.0 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A potential stack overflow via infinite loop issue was found in various NIC emulators of QEMU in versions up to and including 5.2.0. The issue occurs in loopback mode of a NIC wherein reentrant DMA checks get bypassed. A guest user/process may use this flaw to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2623-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3099-1 qemu security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5010-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8412-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 4:53 PM
Reserved
Feb 25, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 18, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:05 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 24, 2021, 12:00 AM