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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-qemu | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 9, 2016 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-qemudebian-upgrade-qemu-kvm | Mar 31, 2017 | Nov 3, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 9, 2016 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-qemu-imghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-qemu-kvmhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common | Dec 4, 2019 | Dec 9, 2016 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-qemu-imghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-qemu-kvmhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common | Apr 16, 2020 | Dec 9, 2016 | |
| Redhat_linux | — | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 10, 2016 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-kvmsuse-upgrade-qemususe-upgrade-qemu-armsuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-alsasuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-osssuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-pasuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-spicesuse-upgrade-qemu-block-curlsuse-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsisuse-upgrade-qemu-block-rbdsuse-upgrade-qemu-block-sshsuse-upgrade-qemu-chardev-baumsuse-upgrade-qemu-chardev-spicesuse-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-qxlsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpususe-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pcisuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgasuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-usb-redirectsuse-upgrade-qemu-ipxesuse-upgrade-qemu-ksmsuse-upgrade-qemu-kvmsuse-upgrade-qemu-langsuse-upgrade-qemu-microvmsuse-upgrade-qemu-ppcsuse-upgrade-qemu-s390suse-upgrade-qemu-s390xsuse-upgrade-qemu-seabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-sgabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-skibootsuse-upgrade-qemu-toolssuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-cursessuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-gtksuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-openglsuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-spice-appsuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-spice-coresuse-upgrade-qemu-vgabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-x86 | Nov 24, 2016 | Nov 24, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvmubuntu-upgrade-qemu-systemubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-armubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mipsubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-miscubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-s390xubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86 | Nov 9, 2016 | Nov 9, 2016 |
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