Description
Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in FileOperations.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-1497-1 | qemu security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-10701 | Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in FileOperations. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3261-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3268-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:31.309Z
Reserved: 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-9914
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-29T22:59:00.637
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-9914
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN