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CVE-2016-10905

Publication date 18 August 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in fs/gfs2/rgrp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8. A use-after-free is caused by the functions gfs2_clear_rgrpd and read_rindex_entry.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the GFS2 file system in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-165.193
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1095.106
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws-hwe 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-azure-edge 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1059.66
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-oem 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1123.132
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1053.57
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1127.135
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H