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CVE-2015-8568

Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of servic

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Summary

Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

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References 6

securityfocus.com

openwall.com

lists.gnu.org

debian.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

security.gentoo.org