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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…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.32%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 106822 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124010 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04197b341f23b908193308b8d63d17ff23232598 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=04197b341f23b908193308b8d63d17ff23232598 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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