CVE-2016-9913
Moderate
CVE-2016-9913
Memory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the order of resource cleanup.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
December 29, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
114 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-9913
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Memory leak in the v9fs_device_unrealize_common function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local privileged guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the order of resource cleanup.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4774718e5c194026ba5ee7a28d9be49be3080e42
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49