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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:48:59 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Greg Kurz <groug@...d.org>
Subject: CVE-2016-9602 Qemu: 9p: virtfs allows guest to access host
filesystem
Hello,
Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9
File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper link following issue.
It could occur while accessing symbolic link files on a shared host directory.
A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system
beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a
host.
Reference:
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-> http://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup
-> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413929
Please see a proposed patch to fix this issue attached herein.
This issue was discovered by Jann Horn of Google Project Zero.
'CVE-2016-9602' has been assigned to this issue by Red Hat Inc.
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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