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CVE-2016-10723

 

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

** EN DISPUTA ** Se ha descubierto un problema en el kernel de Linux hasta la versión 4.17.2. Debido a que el asignador de páginas no asigna recursos de la CPU al propietario del mutex oom_lock mutex, un usuario local sin privilegios puede bloquear el sistema para siempre malgastando recursos de la CPU del asignador de la página (p.ej., mediante eventos concurrentes de error de página) cuando se invoca al killer OOM global. NOTA: el mantenedor de software no ha aceptado ciertos parches propuestos, en parte debido que, según su punto de vista, "el problema subyacente no es trivial de manejar".

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-06-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-06-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-06 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
 Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
 <= 4.17.2
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 4.17.2"
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Affected