CVE-2016-9106
Published: 31 October 2016
Memory leak in the v9fs_write function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging failure to free an IO vector.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Released
(2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6)
|
|
| yakkety |
Released
(1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.1)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=fdfcc9aeea1492f4b819a24c94dfb678145b1bf9 |
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|
qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.0 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |