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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1610281122370.12679@wniryva>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:24:17 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: Li Qiang <liqiang6-s@....cn>
Subject: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: information leakage via xattribute
Hello,
Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9
File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It
could occur by accessing xattribute value before it's written to.
A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes.
Upstream patch:
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-> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01790.html
Reference:
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-> http://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup
This issue was reported by Li Qiang of 360.cn Inc.
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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