CVE-2016-6213
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-07-13 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict howmany mounts may exist in a mount namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of mounts.
See more information about CVE-2016-6213 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.0 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-94.5.9.el6uek) | ELSA-2017-3605 | 2017-08-17 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3605 | 2017-08-17 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-94.5.9.el7uek) | ELSA-2017-3605 | 2017-08-17 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2017-1842 | 2017-08-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2017-1842-1 | 2017-08-15 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3605 | 2017-08-17 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0143 | 2017-08-17 |
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