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7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2016-10905
Linux Kernel GFS2 Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in fs/gfs2/rgrp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8. A use-after-free is caused by the functions gfs2_clear_rgrpd and read_rindex_entry.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 19, 2019, 2:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:45 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10905 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel requires updating the affected packages to resolve it.
  • Update the affected Linux kernel packages.
  • Contact the vendor for more information.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-10905.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36e4ad0316c017d5b271378ed9a1c9a4b77fab5f Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/ VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36e4ad0316c017d5b271378ed9a1c9a4b77fab5f Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/ VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-10905 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-10905 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-10905 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10905 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36e4ad0316c017d5b271378ed9a1c9a4b77fab5f
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013 No Types Assigned https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS No Types Assigned https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/ VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.8 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.4 up to (excluding) 3.16.74 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.17 up to (excluding) 4.4.191 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.8 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.8
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31332013 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36e4ad0316c017d5b271378ed9a1c9a4b77fab5f No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=36e4ad0316c017d5b271378ed9a1c9a4b77fab5f Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.8
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.1
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} -0.22%

score

0.18393

percentile