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CVE request Qemu: char: use after free issue in char backend


From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 17:13:36 +0530 (IST)

  Hello,

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the 'chardev' backend support is vulnerable to a use after free issue. It could occur while hotplug and unplugging the device in the guest.

A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash a Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg05597.html

Thank you
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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