Memory Leak in QEMU's v9fs_xattrcreate Function Allows DoS via Multiple Txattrcreate Messages

CVE-2016-9102 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

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