Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-7156 is a denial-of-service flaw in QEMU’s VMware paravirtual SCSI handling. A local administrator inside a guest VM could trigger an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process, disrupting that VM. The bundle does not support host takeover or data theft. Exposure is most relevant where QEMU/KVM hosts present the vmw_pvscsi device to guests and guest administrators are untrusted. Single-tenant systems with trusted guest admins have lower business risk. The source bundle does not provide exact affected versions. Treat as a virtualization availability issue. Prioritize patching shared or externally managed VM platforms first. It is less urgent than a remote compromise bug, but a malicious guest admin could disrupt hosted workloads. Mitigation focus: Update QEMU through the relevant distribution or vendor security channel.; Confirm the pvscsi SG-list fix is present in deployed QEMU builds.; Review Gentoo, Debian, or platform vendor advisories for package-specific guidance..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- [qemu-devel] 20160906 [PATCH v3] scsi: pvscsi: avoid infinite loop while building SG listCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [qemu-devel] 20160906 [PATCH v2] scsi: pvscsi: check request descriptor SG element countCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- GLSA-201609-01CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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