Medium severity5.6NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15038
CVE-2017-15038
Description
Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via vectors related to reading extended attributes.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords17 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%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg: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%20SP3pkg: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%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 16 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: < 2.6.2-41.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.1-6.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.1-6.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.34.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.1-6.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-33.3.3
Patches
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213nvd
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