Off-by-one error in the cmd_smart function in the smart self test in hw/ide/core.c in QEMU before 2.0 allows local users to have unspecified impact via a SMART EXECUTE OFFLINE command that triggers a buffer underflow and memory corruption.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-2894 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:0888 | 2014-07-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:0888 | 2014-07-24 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2014:0674 | 2014-06-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2014:0704 | 2014-06-10 |
| RHEV Agents (vdsm) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:0744 | 2014-06-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2014:0743 | 2014-06-10 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected |
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