CVE-2016-10741

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.9.3 - Denial of Service via Race Condition in XFS Direct and Memory-Mapped I/O

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.9.3, fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) because there is a race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O (associated with a hole) that is handled with BUG_ON instead of an I/O failure.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106822
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124010
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 22.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
linux/linux_kernel < 4.9.3
Published Feb 01, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026