Re: cve-request: linux kernel - memory leak in xfs attribute mechanism.

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> I'd like to request a CVE for the following flaw found in the XFS
> attribute management code where over-eager error handling could create
> a memory leak (not in information leak) and perhaps with enough
> dedication and patience a local attacker could eventually leak
> available system memory, creating a DOS attack.
>
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f

> > xfs_attr_list.c error paths

Use CVE-2016-9685.

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