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CVE-2016-6197
Published: Aug 6, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
fs/overlayfs/dir.c in the OverlayFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.6 does not properly verify the upper dentry before proceeding with unlink and rename system-call processing, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call that specifies a self-hardlink.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-3070-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355650
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2016:1847
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
91709
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2016:1875
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3070-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
1036273
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
USN-3070-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3070-4
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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