medium5.5
CVE-2019-10140
A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel's, versions up to 3.10, implementation of overlayfs.
Impact
A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel's, versions up to 3.10, implementation of overlayfs. An attacker with local access can create a denial of service situation via NULL pointer dereference in ovl_posix_acl_create function in fs/overlayfs/dir.c. This can allow attackers with ability to create directories on overlayfs to crash the kernel creating a denial of service (DOS).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 3.10 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 7.0 |