CVE-2016-7994
First published: Sat Dec 10 2016(Updated: )
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.7.1 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =42.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93453
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg04083.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
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