# CVE-2017-9373: Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a deni

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-06-16 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly hot-unplugging the AHCI device.

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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d68f0f778e7f4fbd674627274267f269e40f0b04
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98921
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458270
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/05/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

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