Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5857
CVE-2017-5857
Description
Memory leak in the virgl_cmd_resource_unref function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_UNREF commands sent without detaching the backing storage beforehand.
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Affected products
7- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg: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
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.0-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-41.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/21nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/16nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95993nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu-project.orgnvd
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