oss-security - CVE request virglrenderer: host memory leak issue in virgl_resource_attach

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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 15:49:04 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: Li Qiang <liq3ea@...il.com>
Subject: CVE request virglrenderer: host memory leak issue in
 virgl_resource_attach_backing 

   Hello,

Virgil 3d project, used by Quick Emulator(Qemu) to implement 3D GPU support 
for the virtio GPU, is vulnerable to memory leakage issue. It could occur when 
a guest invokes a 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING' command.

A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak host memory leading to DoS.

Upstream patch:
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   -> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=40b0e7813325b08077b6f541b3989edb2d86d837

Reference:
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   -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420266

This issue was reported by Mr Li Qiang of 360.cn Inc.

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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