PT-2016-7691 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Cai Qian · Published 2016-11-27 · Updated 2018-05-10 · CVE-2016-9191

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 4.8.12

Description The issue is related to the cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel, which mishandles certain drain operations. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system hang, by executing a crafted application within a container environment. An example of such an application is trinity.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8.12, update to version 4.8.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2405

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CVE-2016-9191

DSA-3791-1

MGASA-2017-0063

MGASA-2017-0064

MGASA-2017-0065

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0907-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1183-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1

USN-3208-1

USN-3208-2

USN-3361-1

USN-3422-1

USN-3422-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 547

• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9191 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3208-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2584 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8650 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6074 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9755 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0063.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6348 · Vendor Advisory