CVE-2016-6197

medium

Description

fs/overlayfs/dir.c in the OverlayFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.6 does not properly verify the upper dentry before proceeding with unlink and rename system-call processing, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call that specifies a self-hardlink.

References

Advisories
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7130

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355650

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-08-06

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00036