CVE-2016-9191

NameCVE-2016-9191
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3791-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.304-1fixed
bullseye5.10.209-2fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2fixed
bookworm6.1.76-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1fixed
trixie6.6.15-2fixed
sid6.7.9-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(not affected)
linuxsourcejessie3.16.39-1+deb8u1DSA-3791-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.9.6-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 3.11-rc1)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939 (v4.10-rc4)
Introduced by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/f0c3b5093addc8bfe9fe3a5b01acb7ec7969eafa (v3.11-rc1)

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