[Secure-testing-team] Bug#812307: CVE-2016-1981: net: e1000 infinite loop in start_xmit and e1000_receive_iov routines

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.5+dfsg-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu.

CVE-2016-1981[0]:
net: e1000 infinite loop in start_xmit and e1000_receive_iov routines

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1981
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298570
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg03454.html

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Only checked
the current unstable source.

Regards,
Salvatore