Bug 1396941 (CVE-2016-9685)

Summary:	CVE-2016-9685 kernel: Memory leaks in xfs_attr_list.c error paths
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aquini, bhu, dhoward, fhrbata, iboverma, jkacur, joelsmith, jross, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, matt, mcressma, nmurray, pholasek, plougher, rvrbovsk, security-response-team, vdronov, williams, wmealing
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of XFS file attributes. Two memory leaks were detected in xfs_attr_shortform_list and xfs_attr3_leaf_list_int when running a docker container backed by xfs/overlay2. A dedicated attacker could possible exhaust all memory and create a denial of service situation.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 03:02:24 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1391223, 1400368
Bug Blocks:	1396942

Description Adam Mariš 2016-11-21 09:02:52 UTC

A flaw was found in the Linux kernels implementation of XFS file attributes. Two memory leaks were detected in xfs_attr_shortform_list and xfs_attr3_leaf_list_int when running a docker container backed by xfs/overlay2.  A dedicated attacker could possible exhaust all memory and create a denial of service situation.

Product bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391223

OSS-Security post:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/544

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-11-21 09:03:08 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Qian Cai (Red Hat)

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2016-11-30 16:01:13 UTC

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/545

Comment 4 Wade Mealing 2016-12-01 01:53:17 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1400368]

Comment 5 Wade Mealing 2016-12-01 02:44:46 UTC

Statement:

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 and 7. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 19:10:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-02 07:50:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-09-06 20:38:50 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2

Via RHSA-2017:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669