CVE-2016-9913

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9913
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-29 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:27:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the order of resource cleanup.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu 2.8.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.8.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit CONFIRM git.qemu.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-49) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit MISC git.qemu.org
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] 9pfs: add cleanup operation in handle/proxy MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
QEMU VirtFS Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710389 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-49)
  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
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