VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8660

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-10-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The XFS subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fdatasync failure and system hang) by using the vfs syscall group in the trinity program, related to a "page lock order bug in the XFS seek hole/data implementation."

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