Improper Data Handling Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.8.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004687
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Oct 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-8660  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.8.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Data Handling. 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."

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1