CVE-2016-6197 (GCVE-0-2016-6197)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public
2016-07-11 00:00
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