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LIN6-12916 : Security Advisory - qemu - CVE-2015-8568

Created: Apr 26, 2017    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Aug 21, 2017
Found In Version: 6.0.0.33
Fix Version: 6.0.0.35
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Userspace

Description

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8568

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