Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade qemu | Feb 9, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade qemu-sbrunoUpgrade qemu-user-staticUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-devel | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 3, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/qemu. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-img | Dec 4, 2019 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvm-common | Apr 16, 2020 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Dec 2, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade xen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade xenUpgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-s390xUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade xen-develUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgaUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-ksmUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-core | Feb 3, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-system-armUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-system-ppcUpgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-x86Upgrade qemu-system-sparcUpgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-system-aarch64 | Feb 3, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 |
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