CVE - CVE-2016-9913

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9913	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory 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.
References
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MISC:94729 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 MISC:GLSA-201701-49 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 MISC:[oss-security] 20161207 CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 MISC:[oss-security] 20161208 Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 MISC:[qemu-devel] 20161116 [PATCH v3 0/4] 9pfs: add cleanup operation in handle/proxy backend URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html MISC:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4774718e5c194026ba5ee7a28d9be49be3080e42 URL:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4774718e5c194026ba5ee7a28d9be49be3080e42
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20161208	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161208)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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