Uninitialized Variable Vulnerability in QEMU's MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 HBA Emulation

Uninitialized Variable Vulnerability in QEMU's MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 HBA Emulation

CVE-2016-5105 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, uses an uninitialized variable, which allows local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.

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