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SUSE: CVE-2016-9685: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-9685: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/31/2017
Modified
06/21/2018

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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs

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