Cgroup Offline Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-9191 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity.

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