Memory leaks in XFS filesystem operations leading to denial of service

Memory leaks in XFS filesystem operations leading to denial of service

CVE-2016-9685 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.

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