| Name | CVE-2017-5578 |
| Description | Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING commands. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.1.1+ds-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.10.0-1 | unimportant | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Fixed by: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=204f01b30975923c64006f8067f0937b91eea68b (v2.9.0-rc0)
Introduced after: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=62232bf48456bda4058ceae05851bc58c1032338 (v2.4.0)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415795
Marked as unimportant, since 1:2.8+dfsg-2 upload reverts
enable virtio gpu (virglrenderer) and opengl support