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CVE-2016-8660

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

The XFS subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fdatasync failure and system hang) by using the vfs syscall group in the trinity program, related to a "page lock order bug in the XFS seek hole/data implementation."

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 4.8.2

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93558
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384851
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93558
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384851

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