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CVE-2016-9685

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Date: December 28, 2016

Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.

Language: C

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Related Resources (13)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396941
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9685
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9685
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9685
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94593
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9685

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

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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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