vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-9685: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 28, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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