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    CVE-2016-7466

    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.

    Published:Sep 13, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 10, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00094
    CVSS Score:6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Qemu
    Product
    Qemu
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Virtualization

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b53dd4495ced2432a0b652ea895e651d07336f7e
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/19/8
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/20/3
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93029
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg02773.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
    http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b53dd4495ced2432a0b652ea895e651d07336f7e
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/19/8
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/20/3
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93029
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg02773.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

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