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CVE-2016-6197
published 2016-08-06

CVE-2016-6197: 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…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.49%
39.1th percentile
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.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 4.6.1-1 (bookworm)linux 4.6.1-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel<= 4.5.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.6.1-14.6.1-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.6.1-14.6.1-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.6.1-14.6.1-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.6.1-14.6.1-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-36.554.4.0-36.55
oraclelinux
oraclevm_server

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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