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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:16:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: ppandit@...hat.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, hendersa@...ulus.org
Subject: Re: CVE request Qemu: net: rtl8139: infinite loop while transmit in C+ mode

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> Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the RTL8139 ethernet controller emulation
> support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while
> transmitting packets in C+ mode of operation.
> 
> A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to consume excessive CPU
> cycles on the host, resulting in DoS situation.

> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg05495.html

>> RTL8139 ethernet controller in C+ mode supports multiple
>> descriptor rings, each with maximum of 64 descriptors. While
>> processing transmit descriptor ring in 'rtl8139_cplus_transmit',
>> it does not limit the descriptor count and runs forever. Add
>> check to avoid it.

Use CVE-2016-8910.

This is not yet available at
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=history;f=hw/net/rtl8139.c but
that may be an expected place for a later update.

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