Memory leak in the v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of Txattrcreate messages with the same fid number.
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-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-img | Dec 4, 2019 | Dec 9, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-kvm-common | Apr 16, 2020 | Dec 9, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 10, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgaUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade kvmUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-ksmUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemu-s390xUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-coreUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade qemu-block-curl | Nov 24, 2016 | Nov 24, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-system-x86Upgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-ppcUpgrade qemu-system-sparcUpgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-system-aarch64Upgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-system-s390xUpgrade qemu-system-arm | Nov 9, 2016 | Nov 9, 2016 |
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