CVE-2016-6246

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

4.4 medium

EPSS

<1%p37

Published

Mar 7, 2017 (Mar 7, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows certain local users with kern.usermount privileges to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by mounting a tmpfs with a VNOVAL in the (1) username, (2) groupname, or (3) device name of the root node.

Vendors: openbsd
Products: openbsd
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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