CVE-2016-9039

An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploited this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.

• CWE-400

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95916Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95916Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Jan 31, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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