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CVE-2017-9373 Qemu: ide: ahci host memory leakage during hotunplug


From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 15:05:01 +0530 (IST)

   Hello,

Quick emulator built with the IDE AHCI Emulation support is vulnerable to a host memory leakage issue. It could occur while hot-unplugging the AHCI device.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to leak host memory resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch:
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  -> http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=d68f0f778e7f4fbd674627274267f269e40f0b04

Reference:
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  -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458270

This issue was reported by Li Qiang of Qihoo 360 Gear Team.


Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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