Memory leak in the v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of Txattrcreate messages with the same fid number.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-698-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9923 Memory leak in the v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of Txattrcreate messages with the same fid number.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:10.387Z

Reserved: 2016-10-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9102

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-09T22:59:07.670

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-9102

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9102 - Bugzilla

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