Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8086
CVE-2017-8086
Description
Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords13 versionspkg: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
< 1.4.2-53.11.1+ 12 more
- (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
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/25/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg01636.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98012nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu.orgnvd
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