SUSE-SU-2015:0896-1: qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise
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Published 12-05-2015Last modified 04-02-2026
Vulnerability summary
SUSE-SU-2015:0896-1 is a vulnerability in qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise with no CVSS score yet.
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- 12-05-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Security update for qemu qemu / kvm was updated to fix a security issue and some bugs. Security issue fixed: * CVE-2015-3456: Fixed a buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which could be used to denial of service attacks or potential code execution against the host. * CVE-2015-1779: Fixed insufficient resource limiting in the VNC websockets decoder. Bugs fixed: - qemu truncates vhd images in virt-rescue (bsc#886378) - Update kvm-supported.txt with the current rbd support status. - enable rbd build on x86_64 (qemu-block-rbd package) (FATE#318349)
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Suse3 products
- qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 2.0.2-46.1
- qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 2.0.2-46.1
- qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12< 2.0.2-46.1
1 vendor · 3 products
References
6 links- bugzilla.suse.com/886378REPORT
- bugzilla.suse.com/924018REPORT
- bugzilla.suse.com/929339REPORT
Related vulnerabilities
Insufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2017:0661-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS +1 moresuse qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSSSecurity update for qemu
This update for qemu fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo failed to check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds write that allows for privilege escalation (bsc#1024972)
- CVE-2017-2615: An error in the bitblt copy operation could have allowed a malicious guest administrator to cause an out of bounds memory access, possibly leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation (bsc#1023004)
- CVE-2017-5856: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to leak host memory resulting in DoS (bsc#1023053)
- CVE-2016-9776: The ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could have used this issue to crash the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS (bsc#1013285)
- CVE-2016-9911: The USB EHCI Emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue while processing packet data in 'ehci_init_transfer'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for the host (bsc#1014111)
- CVE-2016-9907: The USB redirector usb-guest support was vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw when destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host (bsc#1014109)
- CVE-2016-9921: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1014702)
- CVE-2016-9922: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1014702)
- CVE-2017-5667: The SDHCI device emulation support was vulnerable to an OOB heap access issue allowing a privileged user inside the guest to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code with privileges of the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1022541)
- CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was vulnerable to an integer overflow allowing a privileged user inside the guest to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS (bnc#1023907)
- CVE-2016-10155: The i6300esb watchdog emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user inside the guest to leak memory on the host resulting in DoS (bnc#1021129)
These non-security issues were fixed:
- Fixed various inaccuracies in cirrus vga device emulation
- Fixed virtio interface failure (bsc#1015048)
- Fixed graphical update errors introduced by previous security fix (bsc#1016779)CVSSUnscoredInsufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2016:2936-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS +1 moresuse qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSSSecurity update for qemu
This update for qemu fixes the following issues:
- Patch queue updated from https://gitlab.suse.de/virtualization/qemu.git SLE12
- Change package post script udevadm trigger calls to be device
specific (bsc#1002116)
- Address various security/stability issues
* Fix OOB access in xlnx.xpx-ethernetlite emulation (CVE-2016-7161 bsc#1001151)
* Fix OOB access in VMware SVGA emulation (CVE-2016-7170 bsc#998516)
* Fix DOS in Vmware pv scsi interface (CVE-2016-7421 bsc#999661)
* Fix DOS in ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulation
(CVE-2016-7908 bsc#1002550)
* Fix DOS in USB xHCI emulation (CVE-2016-8576 bsc#1003878)
* Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8578 bsc#1003894)
* Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9105 bsc#1007494)
* Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8577 bsc#1003893)
* Plug data leak in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9103 bsc#1007454)
* Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9102 bsc#1007450)
* Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9106 bsc#1007495)
* Fix DOS in 16550A UART emulation (CVE-2016-8669 bsc#1004707)
* Fix DOS in PC-Net II emulation (CVE-2016-7909 bsc#1002557)
* Fix DOS in PRO100 emulation (CVE-2016-9101 bsc#1007391)
* Fix DOS in RTL8139 emulation (CVE-2016-8910 bsc#1006538)
* Fix DOS in Intel HDA controller emulation (CVE-2016-8909 bsc#1006536)
* Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9104 bsc#1007493)
* Fix DOS in JAZZ RC4030 emulation (CVE-2016-8667 bsc#1004702)CVSSUnscoredInsufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2016:2781-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS +1 moresuse qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSSSecurity update for qemu
qemu was updated to fix 21 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2014-5388: Off-by-one error in the pci_read function in the ACPI PCI hotplug interface (hw/acpi/pcihp.c) in QEMU allowed local guest users to obtain sensitive information and have other unspecified impact related to a crafted PCI device that triggers memory corruption (bsc#893323).
- CVE-2015-6815: e1000 NIC emulation support was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS. (bsc#944697).
- CVE-2016-2391: The ohci_bus_start function in the USB OHCI emulation support (hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c) in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to multiple eof_timers (bsc#967013).
- CVE-2016-2392: The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU did not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a remote NDIS control message packet (bsc#967012).
- CVE-2016-4453: The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command (bsc#982223).
- CVE-2016-4454: The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read (bsc#982222).
- CVE-2016-5105: The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, used an uninitialized variable, which allowed local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command (bsc#982017).
- CVE-2016-5106: The megasas_dcmd_set_properties function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allowed local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access) via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command (bsc#982018).
- CVE-2016-5107: The megasas_lookup_frame function in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors (bsc#982019).
- CVE-2016-5126: Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iSCSI asynchronous I/O ioctl call (bsc#982285).
- CVE-2016-5238: The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode (bsc#982959).
- CVE-2016-5337: The megasas_ctrl_get_info function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information via vectors related to reading device control information (bsc#983961).
- CVE-2016-5338: The (1) esp_reg_read and (2) esp_reg_write functions in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors related to the information transfer buffer (bsc#983982).
- CVE-2016-5403: The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion (bsc#991080).
- CVE-2016-6490: Infinite loop in the virtio framework. A privileged user inside the guest could have used this flaw to crash the Qemu instance on the host resulting in DoS (bsc#991466).
- CVE-2016-6833: Use-after-free issue in the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support. A privileged user inside guest could have used this issue to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (bsc#994774).
- CVE-2016-6836: VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support was leaging information leakage. A privileged user inside guest could have used this to leak host memory bytes to a guest (bsc#994760).
- CVE-2016-6888: Integer overflow in packet initialisation in VMXNET3 device driver. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (bsc#994771).
- CVE-2016-7116: Host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) was vulnerable to a directory/path traversal issue. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to access undue files on the host (bsc#996441).
- CVE-2016-7155: In the VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus a OOB access and/or infinite loop issue could have allowed a privileged user inside guest to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS (bsc#997858).
- CVE-2016-7156: In the VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus a infinite loop issue could have allowed a privileged user inside guest to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS (bsc#997859).CVSSUnscoredInsufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2016:1560-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 +2 moresuse qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12Security update for qemu
qemu was updated to fix 37 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
- CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
- CVE-2016-4952: Avoid OOB access in Vmware PV SCSI emulation (bsc#981266)
- CVE-2015-8817: Avoid OOB access in PCI DMA I/O (bsc#969121)
- CVE-2015-8818: Avoid OOB access in PCI DMA I/O (bsc#969122)
- CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for guest escape (bsc#978158)
- CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit (bsc#978160)
- CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
- CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation (bsc#967969)
- CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
- CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number generator (bsc#970036)
- CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
- CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic (bsc#975128)
- CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller (bsc#975136)
- CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access (bsc#975700)
- CVE-2015-3214: Fixed OOB read in i8254 PIC (bsc#934069)
- CVE-2014-9718: Fixed the handling of malformed or short ide PRDTs to avoid any opportunity for guest to cause DoS by abusing that interface (bsc#928393)
- CVE-2014-3689: Fixed insufficient parameter validation in rectangle functions (bsc#901508)
- CVE-2014-3615: The VGA emulator in QEMU allowed local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution (bsc#895528).
- CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
- CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
- CVE-2015-7295: hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface (bsc#947159).
- CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
- CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
- CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS (bsc#959005).
- CVE-2015-8567: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak host memory (bsc#959386).
- CVE-2015-8568: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak host memory (bsc#959386).
- CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler (bsc#961358).
- CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument (bsc#960334).
- CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions (bsc#960725).
- CVE-2015-8744: Incorrect l2 header validation could have lead to a crash via assert(2) call (bsc#960835).
- CVE-2015-8745: Reading IMR registers could have lead to a crash via assert(2) call (bsc#960708).
- CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
- CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware configuration (bsc#961691).
- CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command (bsc#962320).
- CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
- CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).
This non-security issue was fixed
- bsc#886378: qemu truncates vhd images in virt-rescueCVSSUnscoredInsufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2016:0021-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 +2 moresuse qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12Security update for qemu
This update fixes the following security issues:
- Enforce receive packet size, thus eliminating buffer overflow and
potential security issue. (bsc#957162 CVE-2015-7512)
- Infinite loop in processing command block list. CVE-2015-8345 (bsc#956829):
Also a non-security bug fixed:
- Fix cases of wrong clock values in kvmclock timekeeping (bsc#947164 and bsc#953187)CVSSUnscoredInsufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2015:1782-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 +2 moresuse qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12Security update for qemu
qemu was updated to fix several security issues and bugs.
The following vulnerabilities were fixed:
- CVE-2015-5154: Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU,
when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users
to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.
(bsc#938344).
- CVE-2015-5278: QEMU was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue that
could occur when receiving packets over the network. (bsc#945989)
- CVE-2015-5279: QEMU was vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow issue
that could occur when receiving packets over the network. (bsc#945987)
- CVE-2015-6855: QEMU was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue that could
occur while executing an IDE command WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX to determine
the maximum size of a drive. (bsc#945404)
- CVE-2014-7815: The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c in QEMU
allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small
bytes_per_pixel value. (bsc#902737):
Also these non-security issues were fixed:
- bsc#937572: Fixed dictzip on big endian systems
- bsc#934517: Fix 'info tlb' causes guest to freeze
- bsc#934506: Fix vte monitor consol looks empy
- bsc#937125: Fix parsing of scsi-disk wwn uint64 property
- bsc#945778: Drop .probe hooks for DictZip and tar block drivers
- bsc#937572: Fold common-obj-y -> block-obj-y change into original patches
- bsc#928308,bsc#944017: Fix virtio-ccw index errors when initrd gets too large
- bsc#936537: Fix possible qemu-img error when converting to compressed qcow2 image
- bsc#939216: Fix reboot fail after install using uefi
- bsc#943446: qemu-img convert doesn't create MB aligned VHDs anymoreCVSSUnscored