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List:       oss-security
Subject:    [oss-security] CVE-2017-8086 Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9pfs_list_xattr
From:       P J P <ppandit () redhat ! com>
Date:       2017-04-25 9:54:17
Message-ID: alpine.LFD.2.20.1704251521270.24794 () wniryva
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   Hello,

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the virtio-9p back-end support is vulnerable 
to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while querying file system extended 
attributes via 9pfs_list_xattr() routine.

A privileged user/process inside guest could use this flaw to leak host memory 
resulting in Dos.

Upstream patch:
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   -> http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4ffcdef4277a91af15a3c09f7d16af072c29f3f2

Reference:
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   -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444781

This issue was reported by Li Qiang of Qihoo 360 Gear Team.

'CVE-2017-8086' assigned via -> http://cveform.mitre.org/

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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