The megasas_dcmd_set_properties function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access) via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-5106 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected |
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