vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-9191: ELSA-2017-3640: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 5, 2016
Added
Nov 14, 2017
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 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.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
Title
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