Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9105
CVE-2016-9105
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_link function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a reference to the source fid object.
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Affected products
16- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.0-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-24.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-24.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-24.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02608.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93965nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu.orgnvd
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