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.
Published: 2016-12-10
Score: 6.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8319 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack Virtualization
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.693Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7466

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:19.840

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7466

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7466 - Bugzilla

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