CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8660
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-19
Description
The XFS subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fdatasync failure and system hang) by using the vfs syscall group in the trinity program, related to a "page lock order bug in the XFS seek hole/data implementation."
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.8.2)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/8 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93558 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384851 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/8 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93558 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384851 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory