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CVE-2015-8568
Published: Apr 11, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
79721
vdb-entry
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[oss-security] 20151215 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: vmxnet3: host memory leakage
mailing-list
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[qemu-devel] 20151215 Re: [Qemu-devel] net: vmxnet3: memory leakage issue
mailing-list
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DSA-3471
vendor-advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
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GLSA-201602-01
vendor-advisory
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