Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8953): linux vulnerability
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
10/16/2016
11/21/2024
11/19/2024
12/23/2024
Description
fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-vivid
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-wily
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2
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