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CVE-2017-8086
Published: May 2, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.
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References
[oss-security] 20170425 CVE-2017-8086 Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9pfs_list_xattr
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444781
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[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update
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GLSA-201706-03
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[qemu-devel] 20170410 [PULL] 9pfs: xattr: fix memory leak in v9fs_list_xattr
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