[Secure-testing-team] Bug#840343: qemu: CVE-2016-8576: usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
Severity: normal
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu.

CVE-2016-8576[0]:
usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch

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-2016-8576

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore