Bug 1304794 (CVE-2016-2391) - CVE-2016-2391 Qemu: usb: multiple eof_timers in ohci module leads to null pointer dereference
Summary: CVE-2016-2391 Qemu: usb: multiple eof_timers in ohci module leads to null poi...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-2391
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: 1308881 1308882
Blocks: 1304800
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Reported: 2016-02-04 15:56 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2023-05-12 20:01 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the QEMU emulator built with USB OHCI emulation support. The flaw could occur when OHCI transitions to the OHCI_USB_OPERATIONAL state, leading to the creation of multiple EOF timers. A privileged user inside a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host (denial of service).
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:48:10 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-02-04 15:56:25 UTC 
Qemu emulator built with the USB OHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference issue. It could occur when OHCI transitions to a OHCI_USB_OPERATIONAL state, leading to creation of multiple eof timers.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the host, resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03471.html

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/16/2
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2016-02-16 10:42:22 UTC 
Statement:

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 4 Prasad Pandit 2016-02-16 10:47:02 UTC 
Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Zuozhi Fzz of Alibaba Inc. for reporting this issue.
Comment 5 Prasad Pandit 2016-02-16 10:49:27 UTC 
Created xen tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1308882]
Comment 6 Prasad Pandit 2016-02-16 10:49:43 UTC 
Created qemu tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1308881]
Comment 7 Andrej Nemec 2016-02-16 15:16:52 UTC 
CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/349
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-03-19 21:23:48 UTC 
xen-4.5.2-9.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2016-03-20 02:27:45 UTC 
xen-4.5.2-9.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2016-05-15 05:27:14 UTC 
qemu-2.4.1-9.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 2016-05-20 23:49:29 UTC 
qemu-2.3.1-14.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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