CVE-2016-10741
kernel: race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O in fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · November 8, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
It was found that the Linux kernel can hit a BUG_ON() statement in the __xfs_get_blocks() in the fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c because of a race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O associated with a hole in a file that is handled with BUG_ON() instead of an I/O failure. This allows a local unprivileged attacker to cause a system crash and a denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-369 · Divide By Zero