CVE

Id
93017  
CVE No.
CVE-2016-6197  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20160711)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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