Description
The (1) mptsas_config_manufacturing_1 and (2) mptsas_config_ioc_0 functions in hw/scsi/mptconfig.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSAS_CONFIG_PACK.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | qemu | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | qemu | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | qemu | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | qemu | 6.1.0-32.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1 qemu-6.1.0-32.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- 92775 vdb-entry
- GLSA-201609-01 vendor-advisory
- [qemu-devel] 20160831 [PATCH 2/2] scsi: mptconfig: fix an assert expression mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160906 CVE Request Qemu: scsi: mptsas: invalid memory access while building configuration pages mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160906 Re: CVE Request Qemu: scsi: mptsas: invalid memory access while building configuration pages mailing-list
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65a8e1f6413a0f6f79894da710b5d6d43361d27d
- [qemu-devel] 20160831 [PATCH 1/2] scsi: mptconfig: fix format string mailing-list