Published: 28/12/2016 Updated: 05/01/2018

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

Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.5.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of XFS file attributes Two memory leaks were detected in xfs_attr_shortform_list and xfs_attr3_leaf_list_int when running a docker container backed by xfs/overlay2 A dedicated attacker could possible exhaust all memory and create a denial of service situation ...

CWE-400 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396941 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/1 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94593 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/3187-1/

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