MitreCVE-2016-6198

HistoryAug 06, 2016 - 8:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-6198

2016-08-0620:59:13

CWE-284

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

filesystem

denial of service

cve-2016-6198

nvd

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange≤4.5.4

Node

oraclelinuxMatch6

Node

oraclevm_serverMatch3.4

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oraclelinux6cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oraclevm_server3.4cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
oracle	linux	6	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:::::::*
oracle	vm_server	3.4	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_server:3.4:::::::*