Description
Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.
Published: 2017-03-16
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14933 Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:11:48.732Z

Reserved: 2017-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5856

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-16T15:59:01.007

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5856

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5856 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses