CVE-2016-10741
Moderate
CVE-2016-10741
In the Linux kernel before 4.9.3, fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) because there is a race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O (associated with a hole) that is handled with BUG_ON instead of an I/O failure.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
February 1, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-10741
View original source
In the Linux kernel before 4.9.3, fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) because there is a race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O (associated with a hole) that is handled with BUG_ON instead of an I/O failure.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=04197b341f23b908193308b8d63d17ff23232598
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106822
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124010
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04197b341f23b908193308b8d63d17ff23232598
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html