Denial of Service Vulnerability in QEMU's v9fs_create and v9fs_lcreate Functions

Denial of Service Vulnerability in QEMU's v9fs_create and v9fs_lcreate Functions

CVE-2017-7377 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

The (1) v9fs_create and (2) v9fs_lcreate functions in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor or memory consumption) via vectors related to an already in-use fid.

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