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CVE-2016-9191

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Date: November 27, 2016

The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity.

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Related Resources (11)

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03802en_us
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9191
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94129
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1392439
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9191
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/4
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9191
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9191

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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