Description
The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/05/4 ↗
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03802en_us ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1392439 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94129 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 ↗