CVE-2016-9685

medium

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396941

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94593

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/1

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-28

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H