vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8953): linux vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 16, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Dec 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-linuxubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-vividubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-wilyubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2
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