### [CVE-2015-8568](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8568)
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### Description

Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.