CVE-2016-6213

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6213
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6213.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6213
Downstream
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Published
2016-12-28T07:59:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict how many mounts may exist in a mount namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of mounts.

References

Affected packages