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Debian: CVE-2016-7118: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-7118: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/31/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

fs/fcntl.c in the "aufs 3.2.x+setfl-debian" patch in the linux-image package 3.2.0-4 (kernel 3.2.81-1) in Debian wheezy mishandles F_SETFL fcntl calls on directories, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via standard filesystem operations, as demonstrated by scp from an AUFS filesystem.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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