CVE-2016-6197
See a problem?- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6197
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6197.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6197
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-06T20:59:12Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-11T02:00:05Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355650
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6197
Affected packages
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source