Name: CVE-2017-5856: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-5856, CWE-401, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00143

Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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	Mar 16, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade qemu	Feb 19, 2019	Mar 16, 2017
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-emulation/qemu.	Oct 30, 2017	Mar 16, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade qemu-ksmUpgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade xenUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-coreUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade kvmUpgrade xen-develUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgaUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade qemu-s390x	Feb 28, 2017	Feb 27, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-system-s390xUpgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-x86Upgrade qemu-system-sparcUpgrade qemu-system-aarch64Upgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-system-ppcUpgrade qemu-system-arm	Apr 21, 2017	Feb 27, 2017

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CVSS Details

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