5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-9191

Published: 28/11/2016 Updated: 10/05/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 437
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel up to and including 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity.

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Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or have other impacts CVE-2016-6786 / CVE-2016-6787 It was discovered that the performance events subsystem does not properly manage locks during certain migrations, allowing a local attacker to escalate privileg ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4811 mishandles certain drain operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity ...