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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7466: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7466: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Memory leak in the usb_xhci_exit function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the xhci uses msix, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging a USB device.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

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