CVE-2016-10741

kernel: race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O in fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c

Published Feb 1, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-2 linux regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1738 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:30 AM
Reserved
Feb 1, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 1, 2019, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:40 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 8, 2016, 12:00 AM