CVE-2016-9916

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.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 proxy backend.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:02

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=898ae90a44551d25b8e956fd87372d303c82fe68 - () http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=898ae90a44551d25b8e956fd87372d303c82fe68 -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2016-12-29 22:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:02


NVD link : CVE-2016-9916

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9916

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9916


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

qemu

  • qemu
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime