NVD

Id
21068  
Name
CVE-2016-6197  
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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
4.9  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
4.9  
CVSS Impact Subscore
6.9  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2016-08-06  
Modified Date
2016-11-28  
Seq
2016-6197  

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