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CVE-2016-6198

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 …

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 4.5.4
OracleLinux
Version 6
OracleVm Server
Version 3.4

Weakness classification

CWE-284

References