CVE-2016-8660

medium

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."

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384851

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93558

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-10-16

Updated: 2016-11-28

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

Severity: Medium