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LIN8-6227 : Security Advisory - qemu - CVE-2017-5579

Created: Mar 28, 2017    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Apr 1, 2017
Found In Version: 8.0.0.15
Fix Version: 8.0.0.16
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Userspace

Description

Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-5579

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