Bug 1451709 (CVE-2017-7493) - CVE-2017-7493 Qemu: 9pfs: guest privilege escalation in virtfs mapped-file mode
Summary: CVE-2017-7493 Qemu: 9pfs: guest privilege escalation in virtfs mapped-file mode
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-7493
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1451711
Blocks: 1449496
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-05-17 10:46 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:12:48 UTC
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Description Prasad Pandit 2017-05-17 10:46:10 UTC 
Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9
File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue.
It could occur while accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security
mode.

A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.

Upstream patches:
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  -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg03663.html

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/17/6
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2017-05-17 10:47:05 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Leo Gaspard
Comment 2 Prasad Pandit 2017-05-17 10:49:21 UTC 
Created qemu tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1451711]
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