What is CVE-2016-10741?

CVE-2016-10741 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362). CVE-2016-10741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10741?

CVE-2016-10741 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10741?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-10741. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2016-10741 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-10741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CVE-2016-10741

Medium

In the Linux kernel before 4.9.3, fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) because there is a race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O (associated with a hole) that is handled with BUG_ON instead of an I/O failure.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2019-02-01

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-362

CVE-2016-10741 is a Race Condition vulnerability

What is Race Condition?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2016-10741 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106822

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
SUSE
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124010

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Kernel.org
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.3

Release Notes
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=04197b341f23b908193308b8d63d17ff23232598
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/04197b341f23b908193308b8d63d17ff23232598
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-10741

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2019-02-01

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10741?

CVE-2016-10741 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 , classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362) . CVE-2016-10741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10741?

CVE-2016-10741 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10741?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-10741. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2016-10741 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2016-10741 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. View CWE-362 on MITRE CWE →