Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-9102
CVE-2016-9102
Description
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01861.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/15nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93962nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11nvdThird Party Advisory
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