cve/2016/CVE-2016-9685.md

### [CVE-2016-9685](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9685)
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### Description

Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/auditt7708/rhsecapi