Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9915

Description

Memory leak in hw/9pfs/9p-handle.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) by leveraging a missing cleanup operation in the handle backend.

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Affected products

QEMU/Qemu4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.7.1
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

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
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49nvdThird Party Advisory
git.qemu.orgnvd

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