Vigil@nce - QEMU: overload via ati_mm_read/write
August 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, QEMU, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 04/06/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker, inside a guest system, can trigger an overload via
ati_mm_read/write of QEMU, in order to trigger a denial of service
on the host system.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/QEMU-overload-via-ati-mm-read-write-32439