eepro100

About this tag
The eepro100 tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Intel eepro100 network interface controller, particularly its emulation within QEMU. A key topic is CVE-2021-20255, a security vulnerability in QEMU's eepro100 device emulation that can cause a denial of service via infinite recursion and stack overflow. This issue allows a guest user to crash the QEMU host process, affecting virtual machine stability. The tag is relevant for IT professionals and virtualization enthusiasts interested in QEMU device emulation, security vulnerabilities, and troubleshooting network device issues in virtualized environments.

  1. CVE-2021-20255: QEMU eepro100 Recursion DoS Explained

    A subtle bug in QEMU’s eepro100 network device emulator — tracked as CVE-2021-20255 — can drive the host-side QEMU process into an infinite recursion and stack overflow when the guest triggers a specific DMA reentry condition, allowing a guest user or process to exhaust CPU cycles or crash the...
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