Description
Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-handle.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 the handle backend.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-1497-1 | qemu security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-10702 | Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-handle.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 the handle backend. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3261-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:31.154Z
Reserved: 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-9915
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-29T22:59:00.667
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-9915
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN