CVE-2021-20257 – QEMU: net: e1000: infinite loop while processing transmit descriptors

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2021-20257

23 Apr 2021 — An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. Se ha encontrado un fallo de bucle infinito en el emulador NIC e1000 de QEMU. • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930087 • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') •