Bug 1277983 (CVE-2015-8558) - CVE-2015-8558 Qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in DoS
Summary: CVE-2015-8558 Qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in DoS
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2015-8558
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1291309 1291310
Blocks: 1277989
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Reported: 2015-11-04 13:28 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-06-01 15:18 UTC (History)
32 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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An infinite-loop issue was found in the QEMU emulator built with USB EHCI emulation support. The flaw occurred during communication between the host controller interface(EHCI) and a respective device driver. These two communicate using an isochronous transfer descriptor list(iTD); an infinite loop unfolded if there was a closed loop in the list. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to consume excessive resources and cause denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:45:09 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-11-04 13:28:39 UTC 
Qemu emulator built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to an
infinite loop issue. It occurs during communication between host controller interface(EHCI) and a respective device driver. These two communicate via a isochronous transfer descriptor list(iTD) and an infinite loop unfolds if there is a closed loop in this list.

A privileges used inside guest could use this flaw to consume excessive CPU cycles & resources on the host.

Upstream fix:
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  -> git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=156a2e4dbffa85997636a7a39ef12da6f1b40254

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/16
Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2015-12-14 14:32:13 UTC 
Statement: 

This issue does not affect the versions of the kvm and xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue affects the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 based versions of qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.

This issue affects the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

This issue affects the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 based versions of the qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.

This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently
planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Comment 5 Prasad Pandit 2015-12-14 14:41:11 UTC 
Created xen tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1291310]
Comment 6 Prasad Pandit 2015-12-14 14:41:26 UTC 
Created qemu tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1291309]
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-01-12 07:54:09 UTC 
qemu-2.4.1-5.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2016-01-19 23:54:21 UTC 
qemu-2.3.1-10.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2016-01-28 18:25:06 UTC 
xen-4.5.2-7.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2016-02-01 06:30:07 UTC 
xen-4.5.2-7.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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