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CVE request Qemu: net: inifinte loop in imx_fec_do_tx() function


From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 16:37:43 +0530 (IST)

  Hello,

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the i.MX Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing packets on the transmit queue in 'imx_fec_do_tx'.

A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS.

Upstream patch
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  -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg05556.html

This issue was reported by Li Qiang of 360.cn Inc.

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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