What is CVE-2016-10723?

CVE-2016-10723 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2016-10723 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10723?

CVE-2016-10723 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10723?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-10723. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2016-10723 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-10723 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2016-10723

Medium

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.2. Since the page allocator does not yield CPU resources to the owner of the oom_lock mutex, a local unprivileged user can trivially lock up the system forever by wasting CPU resources from the page allocator (e.g., via concurrent page fault events) when the global OOM killer is invoked. NOTE: the software maintainer has not accepted certain proposed patches, in part because of a viewpoint that "the underlying problem is non-trivial to handle.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-06-21

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2016-10723 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2016-10723 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel.org
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10395909/

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Kernel.org
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9842889/

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Spinics
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg117896.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-10723

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-06-21

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10723?

CVE-2016-10723 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2016-10723 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10723?

CVE-2016-10723 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10723?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-10723. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2016-10723 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2016-10723 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.