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CVE-2016-9685

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 11
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-12-28 07:59:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-01-05 02:31:23
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.5.0 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.5.0