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CVE-2016-9102
Published: Dec 9, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of Txattrcreate messages with the same fid number.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
GLSA-201611-11
vendor-advisory
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93962
vdb-entry
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[qemu-devel] 20161010 Re: [PATCH] 9pfs: fix memory leak in v9fs_xattrcreate
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20161028 CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage when creating extended attribute
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20161030 Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage when creating extended attribute
mailing-list
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[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update
mailing-list
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