CVE-2016-4964

Qemu: scsi: mptsas infinite loop in mptsas_fetch_requests

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 24, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.3
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')