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CVE-2015-8953
Published: Oct 16, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.
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References
[oss-security] 20160823 cve request: overlayfs: Fix dentry reference leak
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.6
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92611
vdb-entry
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