Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.297.6.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2522211
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 28 Dec 2016
Introduced: 28 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-9685 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.297.6.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3607.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-9685.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1842.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1842-1.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3606.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3607.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396941
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94593
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
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