High severity7.6NVD Advisory· Published Apr 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9602
CVE-2016-9602
Description
Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
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Affected products
16- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg: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%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg: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%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.0-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-60.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-60.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.34.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- unspecified/Qemuv5Range: qemu 2.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01nvdThird Party Advisory
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