CVE-2016-7423
Moderate
CVE-2016-7423
The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
October 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-2016-7423
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The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92997
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03604.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11