Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5579: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
03/15/2017
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
02/14/2023
Description
Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu
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