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CVE-2016-9101

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS...

6.0 MediumFix available

CVE-2016-9101 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Qemu, published October 30, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. Fixed in qemu 2.8.1-r1.

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.39%Down 0.6 points since Jul 1, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.0

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
CVE-2016-9101
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-772
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
CVE-2016-9101
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9922 No score

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
EUVD-2016-9922
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-94h6-3834-pg82 6.0

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS...

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
GHSA-94h6-3834-pg82
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-772
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2016-9101 6.0

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2016-9101
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2016-9101 6.0

CVE-2016-9101 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2016-9101
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 6.0

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
CVE-2016-9101
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9101 6.0

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9101
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9101 6.0

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9101
CVSS 3.1
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
6.0 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1 No score

qemu-6.1.0-32.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the qemu-6.1.0-32.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2879-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu to version 2.6.2 fixes the several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-7161: Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet (bsc#1001151).
  • CVE-2016-7170: OOB stack memory access when processing svga command (bsc#998516).
  • CVE-2016-7466: xhci memory leakage during device unplug (bsc#1000345).
  • CVE-2016-7422: NULL pointer dereference in virtqueu_map_desc (bsc#1000346).
  • CVE-2016-7908: The mcf_fec_do_tx function in hw/net/mcf_fec.c did not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0 and crafted values in bd.flags (bsc#1002550).
  • CVE-2016-7995: Memory leak in ehci_process_itd (bsc#1003612).
  • CVE-2016-8576: The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process (bsc#1003878).
  • CVE-2016-8578: The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation (bsc#1003894).
  • CVE-2016-9105: Memory leakage in v9fs_link (bsc#1007494).
  • CVE-2016-8577: Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation (bsc#1003893).
  • CVE-2016-9106: Memory leakage in v9fs_write (bsc#1007495).
  • CVE-2016-8669: The serial_update_parameters function in hw/char/serial.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a value of divider greater than baud base (bsc#1004707).
  • CVE-2016-7909: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002557).
  • CVE-2016-9101: eepro100 memory leakage whern unplugging a device (bsc#1007391).
  • CVE-2016-8668: The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size (bsc#1004706).
  • CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count (bsc#1006538).
  • CVE-2016-8909: The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an entry with the same value for buffer length and pointer position (bsc#1006536).
  • CVE-2016-7994: Memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d (bsc#1003613).
  • CVE-2016-9104: Integer overflow leading to OOB access in 9pfs (bsc#1007493).
  • CVE-2016-8667: The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value (bsc#1004702).
  • CVE-2016-7907: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002549).

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • Change kvm-supported.txt to be per-architecture documentation, stored in the package…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2879-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2902-1 No score

Security update for kvm

This update for kvm fixes the following issues:

  • Address various security/stability issues
  • Fix OOB access in xlnx.xpx-ethernetlite emulation (CVE-2016-7161 bsc#1001151)
  • Fix OOB access in VMware SVGA emulation (CVE-2016-7170 bsc#998516)
  • Fix DOS in ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulation (CVE-2016-7908 bsc#1002550)
  • Fix DOS in USB xHCI emulation (CVE-2016-8576 bsc#1003878)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8578 bsc#1003894)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9105 bsc#1007494)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8577 bsc#1003893)
  • Plug data leak in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9103 bsc#1007454)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9102 bsc#1007450)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9106 bsc#1007495)
  • Fix DOS in 16550A UART emulation (CVE-2016-8669 bsc#1004707)
  • Fix DOS in PC-Net II emulation (CVE-2016-7909 bsc#1002557)
  • Fix DOS in PRO100 emulation (CVE-2016-9101 bsc#1007391)
  • Fix DOS in RTL8139 emulation (CVE-2016-8910 bsc#1006538)
  • Fix DOS in Intel HDA controller emulation (CVE-2016-8909 bsc#1006536)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9104 bsc#1007493)
  • Fix DOS in JAZZ RC4030 emulation (CVE-2016-8667 bsc#1004702)
  • Patch queue updated from https://gitlab.suse.de/virtualization/qemu.git SLE11-SP4
  • Remove semi-contradictory and now determined erroneous statement in kvm-supported.txt regarding not running ntp in kvm guest when kvm-clock is used. It is now recommended to use ntp in guest in this case.
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2902-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2936-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  • Fix OOB access in xlnx.xpx-ethernetlite emulation (CVE-2016-7161 bsc#1001151)
  • Fix OOB access in VMware SVGA emulation (CVE-2016-7170 bsc#998516)
  • Fix DOS in Vmware pv scsi interface (CVE-2016-7421 bsc#999661)
  • Fix DOS in ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulation (CVE-2016-7908 bsc#1002550)
  • Fix DOS in USB xHCI emulation (CVE-2016-8576 bsc#1003878)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8578 bsc#1003894)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9105 bsc#1007494)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8577 bsc#1003893)
  • Plug data leak in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9103 bsc#1007454)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9102 bsc#1007450)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9106 bsc#1007495)
  • Fix DOS in 16550A UART emulation (CVE-2016-8669 bsc#1004707)
  • Fix DOS in PC-Net II emulation (CVE-2016-7909 bsc#1002557)
  • Fix DOS in PRO100 emulation (CVE-2016-9101 bsc#1007391)
  • Fix DOS in RTL8139 emulation (CVE-2016-8910 bsc#1006538)
  • Fix DOS in Intel HDA controller emulation (CVE-2016-8909 bsc#1006536)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9104 bsc#1007493)
  • Fix DOS in JAZZ RC4030 emulation (CVE-2016-8667 bsc#1004702)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2936-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2988-1 No score

Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  • Fix OOB access in xlnx.xpx-ethernetlite emulation (CVE-2016-7161 bsc#1001151)
  • Fix OOB access in VMware SVGA emulation (CVE-2016-7170 bsc#998516)
  • Fix DOS in USB xHCI emulation (CVE-2016-7466 bsc#1000345)
  • Fix DOS in Vmware pv scsi interface (CVE-2016-7421 bsc#999661)
  • Fix DOS in ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulation (CVE-2016-7908 bsc#1002550)
  • Fix DOS in USB xHCI emulation (CVE-2016-8576 bsc#1003878)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8578 bsc#1003894)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9105 bsc#1007494)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-8577 bsc#1003893)
  • Plug data leak in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9103 bsc#1007454)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs interface (CVE-2016-9102 bsc#1007450)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9106 bsc#1007495)
  • Fix DOS in 16550A UART emulation (CVE-2016-8669 bsc#1004707)
  • Fix DOS in PC-Net II emulation (CVE-2016-7909 bsc#1002557)
  • Fix DOS in PRO100 emulation (CVE-2016-9101 bsc#1007391)
  • Fix DOS in RTL8139 emulation (CVE-2016-8910 bsc#1006538)
  • Fix DOS in Intel HDA controller emulation (CVE-2016-8909 bsc#1006536)
  • Fix DOS in virtio-9pfs (CVE-2016-9104 bsc#1007493)
  • Fix DOS in JAZZ RC4030 emulation (CVE-2016-8667 bsc#1004702)
  • Fix case of disk corruption with migration due to improper internal state tracking (bsc#996524)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2988-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0570-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-5973: A infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhci_kick_epctx allowed privileged user inside the guest to crash the host process resulting in DoS (bsc#1025188).
  • CVE-2016-10155: The virtual hardware watchdog 'wdt_i6300esb' was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1024183).
  • CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo failed to check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds write that allows for privilege escalation (bsc#1024834)
  • CVE-2017-5856: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to leak host memory resulting in DoS (bsc#1024186).
  • CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was vulnerable to an integer overflow flaw allowing a privileged user to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS (bsc#1024307).
  • CVE-2017-2615: An error in the bitblt copy operation could have allowed a malicious guest administrator to cause an out of bounds memory access, possibly leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation (bsc#1023004)
  • A malicious guest could have, by frequently rebooting over extended periods of time, run the host system out of memory, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) (bsc#1022871)
  • CVE-2017-5579: The 16550A UART serial device emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1022627).
  • CVE-2016-9907: The USB redirector usb-guest support was vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw when destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host (bsc#1014490)
  • CVE-2016-9911: The USB EHCI Emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue while processing packet data in 'ehci_init_transfer'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for the host (bsc#1014507)
  • CVE-2016-9921: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-9922: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-9101: A memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device (bsc#1013668).
  • CVE-2016-9776: The ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could have used this issue to crash the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS (bsc#1013657)

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • bsc#1000195: Prevent panic on CPU0 while booting on SLES 11 SP3
  • bsc#1002496: Added support for reloading clvm in block-dmmd block-dmmd
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0570-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0582-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-5973: A infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhci_kick_epctx allowed privileged user inside the guest to crash the host process resulting in DoS (bsc#1025188)
  • CVE-2016-10155: The virtual hardware watchdog 'wdt_i6300esb' was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1024183)
  • CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo failed to check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds write that allows for privilege escalation (bsc#1024834)
  • CVE-2017-5856: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to leak host memory resulting in DoS (bsc#1024186)
  • CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was vulnerable to an integer overflow flaw allowing a privileged user to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS (bsc#1024307)
  • CVE-2017-2615: An error in the bitblt copy operation could have allowed a malicious guest administrator to cause an out of bounds memory access, possibly leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation (bsc#1023004)
  • CVE-2014-8106: A heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator allowed local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions (bsc#907805).
  • A malicious guest could have, by frequently rebooting over extended periods of time, run the host system out of memory, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) (bsc#1022871)
  • CVE-2017-5579: The 16550A UART serial device emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1022627)
  • CVE-2016-9907: The USB redirector usb-guest support was vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw when destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host (bsc#1014490)
  • CVE-2016-9911: The USB EHCI Emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue while processing packet data in 'ehci_init_transfer'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for the host (bsc#1014507)
  • CVE-2016-9921: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-9922: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-9101: A memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device (bsc#1013668)
  • CVE-2016-9776: The ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could have used this issue to crash the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS (bsc#1013657)

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • bsc#1000195: Prevent panic on CPU0 while booting on SLES 11 SP3
  • bsc#1002496: Added support for reloading clvm in block-dmmd block-dmmd
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0582-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0647-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-5973: A infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhci_kick_epctx allowed privileged user inside the guest to crash the host process resulting in DoS (bsc#1025188)
  • CVE-2016-10155: The virtual hardware watchdog 'wdt_i6300esb' was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1024183)
  • CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo failed to check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds write that allows for privilege escalation (bsc#1024834)
  • CVE-2017-5856: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to leak host memory resulting in DoS (bsc#1024186)
  • CVE-2017-5898: The CCID Card device emulator support was vulnerable to an integer overflow flaw allowing a privileged user to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS (bsc#1024307)
  • CVE-2017-2615: An error in the bitblt copy operation could have allowed a malicious guest administrator to cause an out of bounds memory access, possibly leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation (bsc#1023004)
  • CVE-2014-8106: A heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator allowed local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions (bsc#907805)
  • CVE-2017-5579: The 16550A UART serial device emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1022627)
  • CVE-2016-9907: The USB redirector usb-guest support was vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw when destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host (bsc#1014490)
  • CVE-2016-9911: The USB EHCI Emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue while processing packet data in 'ehci_init_transfer'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for the host (bsc#1014507)
  • CVE-2016-9921: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-9922: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-9101: A memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device (bsc#1013668)
  • CVE-2016-9776: The ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could have used this issue to crash the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS (bsc#1013657)
  • A malicious guest could have, by frequently rebooting over extended periods of time, run the host system out of memory, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) (bsc#1022871)

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • bsc#1000195: Prevent panic on CPU0 while booting on SLES 11 SP3
  • bsc#1002496: Added support for reloading clvm in block-dmmd block-dmmd
  • bsc#987002: Prevent crash of domU' after they were migrated from SP3 HV to SP4
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0647-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0718-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-10155: The virtual hardware watchdog 'wdt_i6300esb' was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1024183)
  • CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo failed to check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds write that allows for privilege escalation (bsc#1024834)
  • CVE-2017-2615: An error in the bitblt copy operation could have allowed a malicious guest administrator to cause an out of bounds memory access, possibly leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation (bsc#1023004)
  • CVE-2014-8106: A heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator allowed local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions (bsc#907805)
  • CVE-2016-9911: The USB EHCI Emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue while processing packet data in 'ehci_init_transfer'. A guest user/process could have used this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for the host (bsc#1014507)
  • CVE-2016-9921: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-9922: The Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue while copying VGA data. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the process instance on the host, resulting in DoS (bsc#1015169)
  • CVE-2016-10013: Xen allowed local 64-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges by leveraging mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation (bsc#1016340).
  • CVE-2016-9932: CMPXCHG8B emulation on x86 systems allowed local HVM guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host stack memory via a 'supposedly-ignored' operand size prefix (bsc#1012651).
  • CVE-2016-9101: A memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device (bsc#1013668)
  • CVE-2016-9776: The ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could have used this issue to crash the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS (bsc#1013657)
  • A malicious guest could have, by frequently rebooting over extended periods of time, run the host system out of memory, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) (bsc#1022871)
  • CVE-2016-10024: Xen allowed local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations (bsc#1014298)

This non-security issue was fixed:

  • bsc#1002496: Added support for reloading clvm in block-dmmd block-dmmd
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0718-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3125-1 No score

qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities

Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5403)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6833, CVE-2016-6834, CVE-2016-6888)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6835)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly to obtain sensitive host memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6836)

Felix Wilhelm discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly to obtain sensitive host files. (CVE-2016-7116)

Li Qiang and Tom Victor discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7155)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7156, CVE-2016-7421)

Tom Victor discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled LSI SAS1068 host bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7157)

Hu Chaojian discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled xlnx.xps-ethernetlite emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-7161)

Qinghao Tang and Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VMWare VGA module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7170)

Qinghao Tang and Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7422)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled LSI SAS1068 host bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7423)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI controller emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7466)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller…

Record
USN-3125-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
Alpine:v3.10
before 2.8.1-r1
2.8.1-r1
qemu
Alpine:v3.5
before 2.8.1.1-r0
2.8.1.1-r0
qemu
Alpine:v3.6
before 2.8.1-r1
2.8.1-r1
qemu
Alpine:v3.7
before 2.8.1-r1
2.8.1-r1
qemu
Alpine:v3.8
before 2.8.1-r1
2.8.1-r1
qemu
Alpine:v3.9
before 2.8.1-r1
2.8.1-r1
qemu
Debian:12
before 1:2.8+dfsg-1
1:2.8+dfsg-1
qemu
Debian:13
before 1:2.8+dfsg-1
1:2.8+dfsg-1
qemu
Debian:14
before 1:2.8+dfsg-1
1:2.8+dfsg-1
qemu
Debian:8
before 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8, plus listed versions
1:2.1+dfsg-111:2.1+dfsg-121:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u21:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u3
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1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u41:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u51:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u61:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u71:2.1+dfsg-12~bpo70+1
1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu-kvm
Debian:7
before 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18, plus listed versions
1.1.2+dfsg-61.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u11.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u101.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u111.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u12
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1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u131.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u141.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u151.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u161.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u171.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u21.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u31.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u41.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u51.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u61.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u71.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u7~bpo60+11.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u81.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u9
1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18
qemu
Debian:7
before 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18, plus listed versions
1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u141.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u151.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u161.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u171.1.2+dfsg-6a
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1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u11.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u101.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u111.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u121.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u131.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u21.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u31.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u41.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u51.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u61.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u71.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u7~bpo60+11.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u81.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u9
1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 2.6.2-31.2
2.6.2-31.2
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 2.6.2-31.2
2.6.2-31.2
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 2.6.2-31.2
2.6.2-31.2
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 2.6.2-31.2
2.6.2-31.2
kvm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 1.4.2-50.1
1.4.2-50.1
kvm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 1.4.2-50.1
1.4.2-50.1
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
before 2.0.2-48.25.1
2.0.2-48.25.1
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
before 2.0.2-48.25.1
2.0.2-48.25.1
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 2.3.1-24.6
2.3.1-24.6
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 2.3.1-24.6
2.3.1-24.6
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 2.3.1-24.6
2.3.1-24.6
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 4.5.5_06-22.11.2
4.5.5_06-22.11.2
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 4.5.5_06-22.11.2
4.5.5_06-22.11.2
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 4.5.5_06-22.11.2
4.5.5_06-22.11.2
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 4.5.5_06-22.11.2
4.5.5_06-22.11.2
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
before 4.4.4_14-22.33.1
4.4.4_14-22.33.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
before 4.4.4_14-22.33.1
4.4.4_14-22.33.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 4.4.4_14-51.1
4.4.4_14-51.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 4.4.4_14-51.1
4.4.4_14-51.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 4.4.4_14-51.1
4.4.4_14-51.1
xen
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 4.2.5_21-35.1
4.2.5_21-35.1
xen
SUSE:Manager 2.1
before 4.2.5_21-35.1
4.2.5_21-35.1
xen
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
before 4.2.5_21-35.1
4.2.5_21-35.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
before 4.2.5_21-35.1
4.2.5_21-35.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
before 4.2.5_21-35.1
4.2.5_21-35.1
qemu
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30, plus listed versions
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
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1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.182.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.192.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.202.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.212.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.222.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.242.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.252.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
qemu
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6, plus listed versions
1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu91:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu11:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu21:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3
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1:2.4+dfsg-5ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu61:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu71:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.31:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.5
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6
qemu
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 6.1.0-32.1
6.1.0-32.1

History

History
WhenChangedSources
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