Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9913
CVE-2016-9913
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the order of resource cleanup.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg: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%20SP2
< 2.6.2-39.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-39.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu.orgnvd
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