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CVE-2017-5857

Memory leak in the virgl_cmd_resource_unref function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users

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Summary

Memory leak in the virgl_cmd_resource_unref function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_UNREF commands sent without detaching the backing storage beforehand.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 6

bugzilla.redhat.com

openwall.com

git.qemu-project.org

securityfocus.com

security.gentoo.org