oss-security - CVE-2019-6501 QEMU: scsi-generic: possible OOB access while handling inquiry request

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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:43:37 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: CVE-2019-6501 QEMU: scsi-generic: possible OOB access while handling
 inquiry request

  Hello,

An out of bounds r/w access issue was found in the way QEMU handled inquiry 
request coming from a guest in scsi_handle_inquiry_reply(). A guest 
user/process could use this flaw to corrupt byte of QEMU process memory.

Upstream patch:
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   -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-01/msg02324.html

CVE-2019-6501 requested via -> https://cveform.mitre.org/

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