Name: CVE-2016-9105: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-9105, CWE-772, CVSS 6, EPSS 0.00395

Memory leak in the v9fs_link function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a reference to the source fid object.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade qemu	Aug 22, 2024	Dec 9, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-kvm	Mar 31, 2017	Nov 3, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-emulation/qemu.	Oct 30, 2017	Dec 9, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2	—	Upgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvm-common	Dec 4, 2019	Dec 9, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3	—	Upgrade qemu-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvm	Apr 16, 2020	Dec 9, 2016
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Oct 12, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-s390xUpgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-coreUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-ksmUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade kvmUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga	Nov 23, 2016	Nov 22, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-system-s390xUpgrade qemu-system-ppcUpgrade qemu-system-x86Upgrade qemu-system-sparcUpgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-system-armUpgrade qemu-system-aarch64Upgrade qemu-kvm	Nov 9, 2016	Nov 9, 2016

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CVSS Details

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