CVE-2016-9102

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
09/12/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Memory leak in the v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of Txattrcreate messages with the same fid number.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.7.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*