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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:58:51 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: Li Qiang <liqiang6-s@....cn>
Subject: CVE Request: Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet
 initialisation

   Hello,

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support, with 
network abstraction layer is vulnerable to an integer overflow issue. It could 
occur while initialisation of a new packets in the device.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance 
resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch:
---------------
   -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.html

This issue was reported by Li Qiang of 360.cn Inc.

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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