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CVE-2016-6197

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CVSS 3.0
5.5 medium
EPSS
<1%p40
Published
()
Modified
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.

Vendors
oraclelinux
Products
linux, linux kernel, vm server
Weakness
CWE-20
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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