CVE-2016-6197 Information

Description

fs/overlayfs/dir.c in the OverlayFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.6 does not properly verify the upper dentry before proceeding with unlink and rename system-call processing which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call that specifies a self-hardlink.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355650 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5