CVE-2015-8953
fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2016-10-16
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Affected products
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92611
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5
