| Name | CVE-2017-5856 |
| Description | Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1497-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 853996 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | buster | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:8.2.1+ds-2 | fixed |
| sid | 1:8.2.2+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | | DLA-1497-1 | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 | | | 853996 |
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/19
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=765a707000e838c30b18d712fe6cb3dd8e0435f3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418342