CVE-2017-15038

Qemu: 9p: virtfs: information disclosure when reading extended attributes

Published Oct 9, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via vectors related to reading extended attributes.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1128-1 qemu-kvm security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1129-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4213-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6513 Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via vectors related to reading extended attributes.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3575-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:42 PM
Reserved
Oct 5, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 10, 2017, 1:30 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:07 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 4, 2017, 12:00 AM