ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2016-6198

The filesystem layer in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 proceeds with post-rename operations after an OverlayFS file is renamed to a self-hardlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call, related to fs/namei.c and fs/open.c.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Oracle Linux6.10 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.10 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.9 source source-dvd2unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 x86_64 server dvdunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 x86_64 server bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 x86_64 server uek-bootunknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 source source-dvd1unknownsource
Oracle Linux6.8 source source-dvd2unknownsource

References

  1. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7
  2. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca
  3. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html
  4. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html
  5. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
  6. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
  7. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5
  8. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8
  9. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
  10. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
  11. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709
  12. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273
  13. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355654
  14. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7
  15. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca
  16. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7
  17. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca
  18. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html
  19. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html
  20. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html