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.

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AZL-9068 CVE-2021-20257 affecting package qemu for versions less than 6.2.0-2

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits tx descriptors in processtxdesc 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 o...