PT-2016-7543 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Andrej Nemec · Published 2016-10-16 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2016-8660

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8.3

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an fdatasync failure and system hang, by utilizing the vfs syscall group in the trinity program. This is related to a page lock order bug in the XFS seek hole/data implementation.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8.3, update to version 4.8.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2218

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CVE-2016-8660

ECHO-8F0B-516E-CD48

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Linux Kernel

References · 17

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8660 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8660 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-xfs&m=149498118228320&w=2 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384851 · Note
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=147639177409294&w=2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/8 · Note