Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a QEMU denial-of-service flaw in LSI SAS1068 host bus emulation. A guest operating system administrator could crash the QEMU process for that VM. Business impact is mainly service interruption, not confirmed data theft or host takeover from the supplied sources. Exposure is limited to environments running affected QEMU builds with LSI SAS1068, mptsas, emulation enabled or exposed to guests. The supplied CVE data does not list exact affected versions or package ranges. Treat as a targeted availability risk for virtualization platforms, especially multi-tenant or delegated-admin environments. Prioritize patch verification where guests use LSI SAS1068 emulation. Mitigation focus: Check vendor advisories for affected QEMU package versions and fixed builds.; Upgrade QEMU through the operating system or virtualization vendor channel.; Disable or avoid LSI SAS1068 emulation where it is not required..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- GLSA-201611-11CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [qemu-devel] 20160915 [PULL 03/17] scsi: mptsas: use g_new0 to allocate MPTSASRequest objectCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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