# CVE-2016-9040: An exploitable denial of service exists in the the Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system.

- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-07 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Joyent SmartOS: 20161110T013148Z

## Description

An exploitable denial of service exists in the the Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFSADDENTRIES when used with a 32 bit model. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploit this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Joyent SmartOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258

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