CVE-2016-7466
Published: 21 September 2016
Memory leak in the usb_xhci_exit function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the xhci uses msix, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging a USB device.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 6.0
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
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Patches: Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=b53dd4495ced2432a0b652ea895e651d07336f7e |
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qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
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