vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-6198): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 6, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 1, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 6, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Sep 1, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linuxubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-wilyubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-snapdragon
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