[Secure-testing-team] Bug#847957: qemu: CVE-2016-9923: char: use after free issue in char backend

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.1+dfsg-11
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu.

CVE-2016-9923[0]:
char: use after free issue in char backend

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9923
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9923
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg05597.html
[2] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=a4afa548fc6dd9842ed86639b4d37d4d1c4ad480
[3] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/11

Regards,
Salvatore