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ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856

ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.8qemu2.4.0.1-r1, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpineqemu
Alpine:v3.10qemu2.2.1-r1, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.6qemu0, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpine:v3.7qemu0, 0, 2.8.1-r0
Alpine:v3.5qemu2.3.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.9qemu0, 0, 2.8.1-r0

Timeline

  • Mar 16, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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