Description
The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.
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 | 1:2.7+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | qemu | 1:2.7+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | qemu | 1:2.7+dfsg-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
- GLSA-201611-11 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776
- 92997 vdb-entry
- [qemu-devel] 20160915 [PULL 03/17] scsi: mptsas: use g_new0 to allocate MPTSASRequest object mailing-list
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5
- [oss-security] 20160916 Re: CVE request Qemu: scsi: mptsas: OOB access when freeing MPTSASRequest object mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160916 CVE request Qemu: scsi: mptsas: OOB access when freeing MPTSASRequest object mailing-list