CVE-2016-7157
Moderate
CVE-2016-7157
The (1) mptsas_config_manufacturing_1 and (2) mptsas_config_ioc_0 functions in hw/scsi/mptconfig.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSAS_CONFIG_PACK.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
December 10, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
110 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-7157
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The (1) mptsas_config_manufacturing_1 and (2) mptsas_config_ioc_0 functions in hw/scsi/mptconfig.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSAS_CONFIG_PACK.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65a8e1f6413a0f6f79894da710b5d6d43361d27d
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92775
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04295.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04296.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01