Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9106

Description

Memory leak in the v9fs_write function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging failure to free an IO vector.

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Affected products

QEMU/Qemu2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.7.1
- (no CPE)
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/Leap
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords12 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg: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

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02623.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93964nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
git.qemu.orgnvd

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