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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-6198): linux vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-6198): linux vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/06/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-wily
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-snapdragon

References

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