Release Date: | 2016-07-11 |
The filesystem layer in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 proceeds withpost-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.
See more information about CVE-2016-6198 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 4.7 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | Medium |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-37.6.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3587 | 2016-07-29 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3587 | 2016-07-29 |
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-37.6.1.el7uek) | ELSA-2016-3587 | 2016-07-29 |
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-2574 | 2016-11-09 |
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3587 | 2016-07-29 |
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0091 | 2016-07-29 |
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